Martin Luther King Jr.: Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive…
Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
- Source
- Loving Your Enemies, In Strength to Love, 1963
- Also quoted as
- Also quoted as “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
- Quoted by
- Keith Craft quoted this in Rhythm of Life.
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- It's really simple: Lovers are people who want the best for others; Haters are people who want the worst for others. Make God happy/be a lover!
- Seek to be a person who is easy to love and you won't be a person who is hard to deal with.
- Great lovers don't love people how they naturally love. They find out what says I love you and they strategically love.
- Love is choosing to be the best you can be and committing to help others be the best they can be.
- The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.
- I don’t think anyone can DO anything that would make him worthy of love. Love is a gift and cannot be earned. It can only be given.