About this quote

In Loving Your Enemies (1957), King uses a collective appeal to examine love, with attention to better. The practical center is the relationship between wisdom and better, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.

When to use it

• A community organizer builds a meeting around better before participants choose one measurable action related to love.
• 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 wisdom and better to discuss conduct under pressure.