Bernice King Quotes
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I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.
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I am urging Americans to be more careful about the kinds of media we support with our consumer spending. We've got to invest less in the media that glorifies violence and more in entertainment that lifts up the values of love, compassion, and the best in human nature.
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Every time I go to these racial forums, it is people who are alike, or it is progressives and liberals. So I said, 'At some point, we've got to bring the progressives and the liberals and the conservatives together.'
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My favorite preacher is not with me anymore, and that's my father.
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Some people feel like I'm arrogant. It's unfortunate, because people don't know my heart.
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Occasionally, in the afternoons, I catch a movie, watch football, go to Sunday brunch, or visit with family and friends.
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Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.
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It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
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When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
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The more you resist something, the more aggressive it becomes.
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When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother... We might very well have ended up on welfare.
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I'll do whatever I can, and leave the rest to God.
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My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
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Do we want to be successful, or do we just want to make noise just to make it? Or just to put something on the record? I'll be honest with you, I'm tired of putting stuff on the record. I'm ready to see some real transformation and change.
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Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.
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I know that the absence of my father in my life had its cost.
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In the end, I still have the same hope as my father - that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
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How do we expect change to occur if we are not willing to put on the whole armor of God and fight injustice wherever it raises its ugly head?