MLK

In honor of today, I want to share two quotes:

"It seems to me that education has a twofold function to perform in the life of man and in society; the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.
Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively for one's self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda.
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
The Purpose of Education
By Martin Luther King, Jr.
1948, Morehouse College

The truth of these words is beyond doubt, but the mission to which they call us is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one’s own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover, when the issues at hand seem as perplexing as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict, we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty. But we must move on.
--Martin Luther King Jr., 1967

A video:


And a song by an awesome musician I know:



In the words of a friend of mine, we still have a lot of work to do.