I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love mainly because I grew up in a family where… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America. Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
