“If we are to go forward, (Oh yes) we must go back and rediscover these precious values —that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.”
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Source: Rediscovering Lost Values (1954)
About this quote
In Rediscovering Lost Values (1954), King uses a direct appeal to responsibility to examine ethics, with attention to forward, rediscover, precious. The practical center is the relationship between spirituality and spiritual and control, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around forward before participants choose one measurable action related to ethics.
- A teacher pairs the passage from Rediscovering Lost Values (1954) with a primary-source exercise about spirituality and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between rediscover and control to discuss conduct under pressure.