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Martin Luther King Jr Famous Quotes on love

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend" - Martin Luther King Jr.

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

"He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of 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." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"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 Jr.

"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"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." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one’s whole being into the being of another." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service… You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love."

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

"Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."  – Martin Luther King Jr.

"Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies.’ It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies." – Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr Famous Quotes on Justice 

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

"No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace." – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." – Martin Luther King Jr.

"The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice." – Martin Luther King Jr.