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Quote of Martin Luther King Jr.: Life's most persistent and urgent question...


Biography - Martin Luther King Jr.:

American Baptist minister and civil rights activist in the United States. Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1964, he was assassinated in Memphis in 1968.
Born: 1929 - Died: 1968
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: “What are you doing for others?”



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La question la plus urgente et incessante de la vie est : que faites-vous pour les autres ?

German
Die beständigste und dringlichste Frage im Leben lautet: Was tust du für andere?




See also 

See also...



Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.




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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





... but we want to be the poets of our life—first of all in the smallest, most everyday matters.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.











Quotes for: question


Quotes

Quotes for: question


To be, or not to be, that is the question.





The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.





If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.





Morality answers the question, “What should I do?”
Ethics answers the question, “How should I live?”






There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.





Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.











Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 











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.





The time is always right to do what is right.





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.





I have a dream





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.





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.












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