马丁·路德·金15句至理有力的名言（中英文）

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: 15 of His Most Powerful Quotes

记住马丁·路德·金:他最有力的15句名言

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

– from his Dec. 18, 1963, speech at Western Michigan Universty

“我们必须学会像兄弟一样生活在一起，或者像傻瓜一样灭亡。”

——1963年12月18日在西密歇根大学的演讲

"If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

– during a speech in Detroit, Michigan, on June 23, 1963

“如果一个人没有发现他愿意为之献身的东西，他就不适合活着。”

1963年6月23日，在密歇根州底特律的一次演讲中

"On some positions cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right."

– during a Feb. 6, 1968, speech in Washington, D.C.

在某些立场上，怯懦会问这样一个问题:安全吗?权宜之计提出了一个问题，它是政治性的吗?虚荣心问，它受欢迎吗?但是良心会问，这是对的吗?总有一天，一个人必须采取一种既不安全，也不政治，也不受欢迎的立场，但他必须采取这种立场，因为良心告诉他这是正确的。

1968年2月6日，在华盛顿特区的一次演讲中

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

– from In My Own Words, a collection of King's sermons, speeches and writings selected by his widow Coretta Scott King

“我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去希望，因为它是无穷的。“

-用我自己的话说，这是金的遗孀科雷塔·斯科特·金挑选的一本布道集、演讲集和著作集

"We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right."

– in a letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

“我们必须创造性地利用时间，要知道做正确的事的时机总是成熟的。”

- 1963年4月16日伯明翰监狱的一封信

"The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious than diamonds or silver or gold."

– from his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 1964

“真正的兄弟情谊与和平之美，比钻石、白银或黄金更珍贵。”

——摘自1964年12月10日在挪威奥斯陆发表的诺贝尔和平奖获奖感言

"Let us be dissatisfied until integration is not seen as a problem but as an opportunity to participate in the beauty of diversity."

– during a speech at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Aug. 16, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia

“让我们不满足，直到融合不再被视为一个问题，而是一个参与多样性之美的机会。”

- 1967年8月16日，在乔治亚州亚特兰大举行的南方基督教领袖会议上的演讲

"Violence is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding: it seeks to annihilate rather than convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers."

– in his Nobel Lecture delivered at the University of Oslo, Dec. 11, 1964

“暴力是不切实际的，因为它是一个螺旋式下降，最终导致所有人的毁灭。它是不道德的，因为它试图羞辱对手，而不是赢得他的理解;暴力是不道德的，因为它滋生于仇恨而不是爱。它破坏社区，使兄弟情谊成为不可能。它留给社会的是独白，而不是对话。暴力最终会弄巧成拙。它给幸存者带来痛苦，给毁灭者带来残忍。”

——1964年12月11日在奥斯陆大学发表诺贝尔演讲

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."

– from King's 1963 book Strength to Love

“黑暗不能驱逐黑暗;只有光能做到这一点。恨不能驱除恨，只有爱才能做到。”

——摘自1963年金的《爱的力量》

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

– during King's "I Have a Dream Speech" on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

“我梦想有一天，我的四个孩子将生活在一个不是以他们的肤色，而是以他们的品格优劣来评价他们的国家里。”

1963年8月28日，在华盛顿特区的林肯纪念堂，金发表了“我有一个梦想”的演讲

"I must confess, my friends, the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will be still rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. There will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair. Our dreams will sometimes be shattered and our ethereal hopes blasted. We may again with tear-drenched eyes have to stand before the bier of some courageous civil rights worker whose life will be snuffed out by the dastardly acts of bloodthirsty mobs. Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future."

– from his speech at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Aug. 16, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia

“我必须承认，我的朋友们，前面的道路不会总是平坦的。仍然会有挫折和困惑的地方。难免会有一些挫折。总有那么一刻，希望的浮力会转化为绝望的疲惫。我们的梦想有时会破灭，我们空灵的希望有时会破灭。我们可能再次泪流满面地站在一些勇敢的民权工作者的灵柩前，他们的生命将被嗜血暴徒的卑鄙行径所扼杀。尽管困难和痛苦，我们必须在未来的日子里怀着对未来的大胆信念继续前进。”

——摘自他1967年8月16日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行的南方基督教领袖会议上的讲话

"In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."– during his "I Have a Dream Speech" on Aug. 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

“在争取合法地位的过程中，我们绝不能犯下错误的行为。让我们不要企图以饮下仇恨和痛苦之杯来满足我们对自由的渴望。”

——1963年8月28日，他在华盛顿特区的林肯纪念堂发表“我有一个梦想”的演讲

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

– in a letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

“任何地方的不公正都是对任何地方正义的威胁。”

- 1963年4月16日伯明翰监狱的一封信

"What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."

– from a speech at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Aug. 16, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia

“我们需要的是认识到，没有爱的力量是鲁莽和滥用的，没有权力的爱是多愁善感和贫血的。权力最好的时候是爱去实现正义的要求，而正义最好的时候是爱去纠正一切反对爱的东西。”

——摘自1967年8月16日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行的南方基督教领袖会议上的一次演讲

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

– from King's 1963 book Strength to Love

“衡量一个人的最终标准，不是他在舒适和方便的时刻所处的位置，而是他在面临挑战和争议时所处的位置。”

——摘自1963年金的《爱的力量》