Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes about Personality

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Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.

Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hate, Personality, Soul

Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.49, Beacon Press

And I say to you, I have decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go. For I have seen too much hate... every time I see it, I know that it does something to their faces and their personalities, and I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear. I have decided to love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hate, Love Is, Personality

Hate is just as injurious to the hater as it is to the hated. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Many of our inner conflicts are rooted in hate. This is why the psychiatrists say, "Love or perish." Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hate, Cancer, Personality

Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Being Yourself, Self Esteem, Personality

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.65, Beacon Press

Personality is like a charioteer with two headstrong horses, each wanting to go in different directions.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Horse, Two, Personality

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2017). “The Measure of a Man”, p.10, Pickle Partners Publishing

Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hate, Personality, Structure

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.25, Beacon Press

Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater. [...] when you start hating anybody, it destroys the very center of your creative response to life and the universe; so love everybody.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hate, Personality, Creative

"Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.