At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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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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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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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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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.
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If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
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We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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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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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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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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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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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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The time is always right to do the right thing.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
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It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
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