

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Traced to Strength to Love (1963).
More from Martin Luther King Jr.
“I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like any man, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
I've Been to the Mountaintop · 1968
verified“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Address at the Great March on Detroit · 1963
verified“An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Conquering Self-centeredness · 1957
verified“The time is always right to do what's right.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Future of Integration, address at Oberlin College · 1964
verified“We must all learn to live together as brothers — or we will all perish together as fools.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution · 1965
verified“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Strength to Love · 1963
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“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
This Is My Story · 1937
verified“The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”
Viktor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning · 1959
verified“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom · 1995
verified“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man · 1877
verified“Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov · 1879
verified“Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace · 1869
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