Martin Luther
Martin Luther
Martin Luther; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Late Medieval Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money, proposing an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517. His refusal to renounce all of his...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth10 November 1483
CityEisleben, Germany
CountryGermany
Racial understanding is not something we find, but something that we must create. Through education, we seek to change attitudes.
Everyone has an opportunity to be great because everyone has an opportunity to serve.
A riot is the language of the unheard. On blacks in America; address at Birmingham AL
The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.
To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.
So when Jesus says "Love your enemies," he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition.
By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.
The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.
If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement.
The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.
Violence is not the way.
Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.
An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.