“How would it be possible for anybody even to match him, or even to approximate his work?”
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Source: Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959)
About this quote
In Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine inspiration, with attention to possible, anybody, match. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and match and approximate, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around possible before participants choose one measurable action related to inspiration.
- A teacher pairs the passage from Palm Sunday Sermon on Mohandas K. Gandhi (1959) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between anybody and approximate to discuss conduct under pressure.

