Scandal sells books; fidelity does not.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that sensational stories attract more attention than honest and faithful narratives.
Coretta Scott King's quote highlights the tendency of society to gravitate towards scandalous and dramatic tales, which often result in higher sales and public interest, while stories rooted in fidelity and integrity may go unnoticed. This observation reflects a broader commentary on human nature's preference for the sensational over the truthful.
In practice
In a discussion about the publishing industry, one might say, 'As Coretta Scott King noted, scandal sells books; fidelity does not, highlighting what attracts readers.'
I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy. The civil rights movement thrives on unity and inclusion, not division and exclusion. My husband's struggle parallels that of the gay rights movement.
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.
I think if people really read Martin Luther King, Jr., then they would begin to understand what he really represented.
It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought of as a complex, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood human being with a rich storehouse of experiences, much like everyone else, yet unique in my own way, much like everyone else.
People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.
We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And whenever we feel this, such a sense of the vanity of our voluntary career comes over us, that all our morality appears but as a plaster hiding a sore it can never cure, and all our well-doing as the hollowest substitute for that well-being that our lives ought to be grounded in, but alas! are not.
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do.
Why did one straw break the camel's back?_x000D_ _x000D_ Here's the secret:_x000D_ _x000D_ The million other straws underneath it.
Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.
Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.
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