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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Life
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Life, Marriage
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Inspiring

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Faith, Peace
"50 years after receiving Nobel Prize, do Martin Luther King's peace prophecies still resonate?", www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2014.

Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Marriage

I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Beautiful, Hate
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.205, Beacon Press

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Friendship, Change
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.50, Beacon Press

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Peace, Winning
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Justice, Demand
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.200, Beacon Press

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Being Strong, Peace
Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 10 Dec. 1964

Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Expression, Surrender
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Hate, War
Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Peace, War
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.68, Beacon Press

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Peace

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Peace, Kings
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.115, Beacon Press

We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Peace
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.28, Beacon Press

Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Power, Justice

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Thought Provoking, Principles
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.100, Beacon Press

He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Forgiveness, Wise
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.64, Beacon Press

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Heart, Emotional

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Law, Unjust
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Christian, Hate
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.362, Univ of California Press

We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you....Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and, as difficult as it is, we will still love you.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Children, Home
"Loving Your Enemies". Sermon by Martin Luther King, Jr. at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, www.skeptictank.org. November 17, 1957.

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Life, Sad
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.67, Beacon Press

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Inspirational, Acceptance
1962 Speech at Cornell College, Mt Vernon, Iowa. Reported in the Wall Street Journal, 13 Nov.

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