MLK Quotes About Love

“I think I have discovered the highest good. It is love.”

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”

“He who hates does not know God, but he who loves has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.”

“When I talk about love … I am not talking about emotional bosh. I am not talking about some sentimental or even some affectionate emotion. I am talking about something much deeper.”

On the Greek concept of “agape,” the highest of the three forms of love:

“It is an overflowing love, which seeks nothing in return. Theologians would say that it is the love of God operating in the human heart. And when one rises to love on this level, he is able to love the person who does the evil deed, while hating the deed that the person does.”

We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.”

“I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind’s problems. And I’m going to talk about it everywhere I go.”

“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”

“Go out this morning. Love yourself, and that means rational and healthy self-interest. You are commanded to do that. That’s the length of life. Then follow that: Love your neighbor as you love yourself. You are commanded to do that. That’s the breadth of life.”

“Yes, it is love that will save our world and our civilization, love even for enemies.”

“I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”

-Martin Luther King Jr

What if God is simply, LOVE

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