History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

Martin Luther King
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  1. Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grassthe world is too full to talk about. - Jalaluddin Rumi

  2. He shook his head, just looking at me. - "What?" I asked.- "Nothing" he said.- "Why are you looking at me like that?" Augustus half smiled. "Because you`re beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself... - John Green

  3. Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it. - Amir - Khaled Hosseini

  4. In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone. - Carson McCullers

  5. Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity. - Deepak Chopra

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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