Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate... Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

We've been in the mountain of war. We've been in the mountain of violence. We've been in the mountain of hatred long enough. It is necessary to move on now, but only by moving out of this mountain can we move to the promised land of justice and brotherhood and the Kingdom of God. It all boils down to the fact that we must never allow ourselves to become satisfied with unattained goals. We must always maintain a kind of divine discontent.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Hate does not produce love, and by hate one cannot remake the world.

Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.

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

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

Until we have created a romance of peace that would equal that of war, violence will not disappear from people's lives.

My goal would be trying to bring some light to the world, which is often a dark and violent place.

Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. It is the advancement of man, the victory of a just cause, the triumph of truth.

I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

If you want peace work for justice.

Make Love, Not War

If you want peace, work for justice.

Love each other because you are brethren from one father and mother. If you love one another, then God will be with you and will submit the enemy under your hands and you will live peacefully. In case, however, you live hatefully in feuds and dissension, then you will destroy yourselves.

We have to stop the cycle of violence affecting so many of our communities. We have to love each other.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster.

Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.

Please give your life to peace, justice and care.