The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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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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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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