Through our scientific and technological genius we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment we must make of it a brotherhood. We must all learn to live together as brothers-or we will all perish together as fools.
Interpretation
We have connected the world through technology, and now we must unite morally and ethically to survive.
This quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasizes the interconnectedness of humanity facilitated by technological advancements, urging us to foster a sense of brotherhood and moral responsibility towards each other. It serves as a warning that without unity and ethical commitment, the consequences could be disastrous, reflecting on the importance of social cohesion in an increasingly globalized world.
In practice
In a speech about global cooperation and peace efforts.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
We are completely unaware of our true nature because we identify ourselves with our body, our emotions and our thoughts, thus losing sight of our unchanging centre, which is pure consciousness. When we return to our true nature, our thoughts and perceptions no longer appear as modifications of a single substance, they come into being and subside like waves of the ocean.
If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.
We know a thing by its opposite corollary; hot by having experienced cold; good by having decided what is bad; love by hate.
What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.
Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
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