About this quote

In Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965), King uses a collective appeal to examine honesty, with attention to gainsaying, experiencing, today. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and world and known, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

• A community organizer builds a meeting around gainsaying before participants choose one measurable action related to honesty.
• A teacher pairs the passage from Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965) with a primary-source exercise about wisdom and public responsibility.
• A team leader uses the tension between experiencing and known to discuss conduct under pressure.