Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel
in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel
in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight,
but the size of the fight in the dog.
I do not believe that civilization
will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb.
Perhaps two thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
I speak to you only as an American
who happens to be an American Negro
and one who is proud of that heritage.
We ask for nothing special.
We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis,
and if we are not worthy,
then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
We are cups,
constantly and quietly being filled.
The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over
and let the beautiful stuff out.
Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm,
even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.
The Christian's Bible is a drug store.
Its contents remain the same,
but the medical practice changes.
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected?
I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us.
It cannot come from abroad.
If destruction be our lot,
we must ourselves be its author and finisher.
As a nation of freemen,
we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Imperfection is beauty,
madness is genius,
and itโs better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.