MLK Quote of the Day

I refuse to give up. I refuse to despair in this moment. I refuse to allow myself to fall into the dark chambers of pessimism because I think in any social revolution, the one thing that keeps it going is hope. And when hope dies somehow the revolution degenerates into a kind of nihilistic philosophy [...]

Martin Luther King: "Interruptions"

When Dr. King was killed, his aides found this passage written on a note in his briefcase:
“The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions — the door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed, or that lovely poem that didn’t get written because someone knocked [...]