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Biography - Martin Luther King Jr.:

American Baptist minister.
Born: 1929 - Died: 1968
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King Jr.


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Nos vies commencent à finir le jour où nous devenons silencieux au sujet des choses qui importent.
Martin Luther King Jr.

German
Unser Leben beginnt an dem Tag zu enden, an dem wir über Dinge schweigen, die wichtig sind.
Martin Luther King Jr.



See also 

See also...



The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
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Everyone's responsibility involves two acts: wanting to know and daring to say.
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Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
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Quotes for: silence


Quotes

Quotes about silence:


Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo - William Shakespeare / 





Silence is often the truest wisdom.
Pindar / 





Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.
Baltasar Gracian - The Art of Worldly Wisdom / 





What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tractatus Logico-philosophicus / 





If you have words stronger than silence, speak. If you do not have them, then remain silent.
Euripides / 





Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Francis Bacon / 






All about silence...




Quotes

Martin Luther King Jr. also said...


We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
Martin Luther King Jr. / 





The time is always right to do what is right.
Martin Luther King Jr. / 





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.
Martin Luther King Jr. / 





If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do – you have to keep moving forward.
Martin Luther King Jr. / 





Life's most persistent and urgent question is: “What are you doing for others?”
Martin Luther King Jr. / 





Men, for years now, have been talking about war and peace. But now, no longer can they just talk about it. It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence.
Martin Luther King Jr. / 







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