Martin Luther King, Jr
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. "
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. "
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."
"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."
"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
"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."
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?"
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."
"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing."
"We have guided missiles and misguided men."
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. "
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968
"If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. "
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. "
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."
"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."
"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
"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."
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?"
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."
"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing."
"We have guided missiles and misguided men."
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. "
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."
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