Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.

A third reason why we should love our enemies is that love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. We never get rid of an enemy by meeting hate with hate; we get rid of an enemy by getting rid of enmity. By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up. Love transforms with redemptive power.

hate is a virus, revenge its only cure!

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

Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.

If you choose to forgive someone who has wronged you rather than to hate that person, you shift the frequency of your Light.

I find that if I pray for the people I'm most angry with, my anger turns into something more redemptive.

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.

There is a power in love that our world has not discovered yet. Jesus discovered it centuries ago. Mahatma Gandhi of India discovered it a few years ago, but most men and most women never discover it. For they believe in hitting for hitting; they believe in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; they believe in hating for hating; but Jesus comes to us and says, 'This isn't the way.'

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.

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

Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.

Isn't it easier to forgive than to hate? Until we learn how to forgive, that sort of thing is going to keep on happening." He pointed at the tall pillars of smoke rising to the north. "Hate is a sterile thing, Belgarion.

It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.

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

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

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

I wouldn't be honest if I told you that in some moment of my life I had a lot of rage - probably hate - I'm not sure of hate, but rage. But you know what happens is that then you realize you cannot do to others what you think nobody has to do to anybody. Life is important for me and not any kind of life, quality too of life.

One can imagine nonviolent or minimally violent ways to reduce or eliminate hatred, but there's no mollifying evil.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable

Life is full of painful events, and people who have lost their way and hurt others. Our pain is not lessened when we respond with hatred. In fact, the opposite occurs: When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.

We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.