Quotes about Peace
Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.