Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

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

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies."

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

"Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

"The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."

"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

"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."

"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one."