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LEARNING TO LIVE
No man has learned to live until he can rise above
the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns
to the broader concern s of all humanity.
Length without breadth i s like a self-contained
tributary having no outward flow to the o cean.
Stagnant, still, and s tale, it lacks both life and
freshness.
In order to live creatively and meaningfully, our
self-concern must be wedded to other concern.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE
The quality, not the l ongevity, of one's life is
what is important
If you are cut down in a movement t hat is designed
to save the soul of a nation, then no other death
could be more re demptive.
From STRENGTH TO LOVE
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Copyright © 1963 by Martin Luther King, Jr.
By permission of Harper & Row, Publishers.
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