At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThose who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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