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 JROur scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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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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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
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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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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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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.
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
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