The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Martin Luther King
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  1. Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up. - Sarah Ockler

  2. There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster. - Dalai Lama Xiv

  3. There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. - George Bernard Shaw

  4. The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole

  5. Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. - Jean Racine

More Quotes By Martin Luther King
  1. We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope.

  2. 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.

  3. If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for he isn't fit to live.

  4. We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

  5. Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

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