"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.“

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that."

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"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

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"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

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"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

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"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'"

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"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."

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