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Today is a national holiday in the United States which commemorates the life of civil rights leader (Martin Luther King, Jr.)  who sought to bring “equality under law” to all citizens of our country.  One of the ways he sought to do this was by bringing dignity and equality to ALL work – not just for the well educated or the well paid – but for all who work their best and make our nation a better society for it.  The pursuit of excellence (“doing your best”) in any endeavor uplifts us all.  The following are two quotes expressing this idea:
 
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
 
    —     Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.  He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.
 
    —     Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
    —   Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness;  only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate;  only love can do that.  Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction…  The chain reaction of evil — hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
     —    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality;  it is a profound source of spirituality.  When we recognize our place in an immensity of light‐years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual.  So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr.  The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
    ―    Carl Sagan
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Cowardice asks the question – is it safe?  Expediency asks the question – is it politic?  Vanity asks the question – is it popular?  But conscience asks the question – is it right?  And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular;  but one must take it because it is right.
    —    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.
    —    Martin Luther King Jr.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
    —    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
    ―    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
    ―    Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
   —    Martin Luther King, Jr.
[On this national holiday (MLK, Jr Day), let us (as a nation) strive to go forward being less dangerous…   —   kmab]
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Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
     ―    Mahatma Gandhi
No work is insignificant.  All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
     ―    Martin Luther King Jr.
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
   ―   Martin Luther King Jr.
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Hatred paralyzes life;  love releases it.  Hatred confuses life;  love harmonizes it.  Hatred darkens life;  love illuminates it.
     ―    Martin Luther King Jr.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
     ―      Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.”  It is this:  that love has within it a redemptive power.  And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.  Just keep being friendly to that person.  Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long.  Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning.  They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them.  And by the power of your love they will break down under the load.  That’s love, you see.  It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love.  There’s something about love that builds up and is creative.  There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive.  So love your enemies.
     ―     Martin Luther King Jr.
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