I’ve said to you on many occasions that each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality.

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Source: Loving Your Enemies (1957)

About this quote

In Loving Your Enemies (1957), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine self awareness, with attention to occasions, something, schizophrenic. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and schizophrenic and personality, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

  • A community organizer builds a meeting around occasions before participants choose one measurable action related to self awareness.
  • A teacher pairs the passage from Loving Your Enemies (1957) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
  • A team leader uses the tension between something and personality to discuss conduct under pressure.