“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.

We must substitute courage for caution.

Hate destroys the hater.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Be the peace you wish to see in the world.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.

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.

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

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.

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.

In dark hours, true leaders rise.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.

Sometimes life is like this dark tunnel. You can’t always see the light at the end of the tunnel, but if you just keep moving, you will come to a better place.

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.

I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower – the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.

When you’re in your darkest place, you give yourself hope and that’s inner strength.

I want to be inside your darkest everything.