Today at work on the over-sized screens we were greeted by historic speeches of Martin Luther King. He is one of a handful of orators to whom I could listen repeatedly. He has content that seems ageless and continually relevant even in an ever changing world. Whether speaking on character, race relations, freedom, values, community or education he encapsulates many a core message that resonates:
• “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
• “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
• “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
• “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
• “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”
• “We must use time creatively.”
2 comments:
Gotta love the power of parallel structure, repetition, and Biblical allusions. Oh yeah.
Thanks for sharing some of his great quotables.
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