Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRHate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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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.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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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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Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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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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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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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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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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