Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The great military leaders of the past have gone, their empires have crumbled and burned to ashes. But the empire of Jesus, built solidly and majestically on the foundation of love, is still growing.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.