The Moral Arc Of The Universe Quotes

#1. Astronomers have been bewildered by the theory of an expanding universe, but there is no less expansion in the moral infinite of the universe of man. As far as the frontiers of science are pushed back, over the extended arc of these frontiers one will hear the poet's hounds on the chase.

Saint-John Perse

#2. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Theodore Parker

#3. The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own.

Barack Obama

#4. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight, I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Theodore Parker

#5. The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

Martin Luther King Jr.

#6. A man who took history in his hands and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice

Barack Obama

#7. When we're in our right minds, we are hopeful. Because the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice, nature does bend toward healing, and the heart does bend toward love.

Marianne Williamson