“(That’s right, Filled up with, Come on, Lord help him) And there is always a danger that we will make it appear externally that we believe in God when internally we don’t.”
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Source: Rediscovering Lost Values (1954)
About this quote
In Rediscovering Lost Values (1954), King uses a collective appeal to examine compassion, with attention to right, filled, always. The practical center is the relationship between spirituality and believe and internally, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around right before participants choose one measurable action related to compassion.
- 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 filled and internally to discuss conduct under pressure.