About this quote

In Loving Your Enemies (1957), King uses a focused ethical claim to examine wisdom, with attention to people, going, better. The practical center is the relationship between life and better and theirs, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

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