In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights in the United States through...

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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars… Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretense. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.

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Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

—Pablo Picasso

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and
the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under
the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and
democracy?

—Mahatma Gandhi

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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

—Jackson Pollock

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We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

—Kenneth Clark

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