“Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.”

While it's a day late the message still holds...

“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” -Rev. Martin Luther King (from his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech delivered April 4th, 1967)

Read: Dr. King, An American Bodhisattva from Sweeping Zen

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MLK Free Audio Lecture from The Teaching Company - Stride Towards Freedom