Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.

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

When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.

Every fight should be settled through love and dialogue.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love.

Ours is a nation that does not seek revenge.

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.

War would end if the dead could return.

A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers.

I'd never hurt another person.

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

Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Jesus said, 'Greater things of these you shall do...' Become a peace builder, a bridge builder, not a destroyer, and the way you do that is through friendships and relationships, and through authentic character.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

I hate nobody.

When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?

I don't hate anybody.

Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.

I have no animosity against any living soul.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.