Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRIn the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
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Hate destroys the hater.
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I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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A lie cannot live.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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Those 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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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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