Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes About Weakness

• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate... Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Fear

  "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?". Book by Martin Luther King Jr., 1967.

• Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Brother, Compassion, Views

  Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Evil

  "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967.

• Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence may murder the liar, but it doesn’t murder lie; it doesn’t establish truth. Violence may even murder the dishonest man, but it doesn’t murder dishonesty. Violence may go to the point of murdering the hater, but it doesn’t murder hate. It may increase hate. It is always a descending spiral leading nowhere. This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn’t solve any problems.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Hate, Liars, Lying

• In this world is a God whose matchless strength is a fit contrast to the sordid weakness of man.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Christian, Men, Weakness

  Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.9, Beacon Press

• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy... In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Stars, Kings, Hate

  "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King Jr., 1967.

• In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Men, White Man, Black

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, p.74, Beacon Press

• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Hatred

  "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King Jr., 1967.

• It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Maturity, Self, Criticism

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, p.151, Beacon Press

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