"The darkness of racial injustice will be..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love. For more that three centuries American Negroes have been frustrated by day and bewilderment by night by unbearable injustice, and burdened with the ugly weight of discrimination. Forced to live with these shameful conditions, we are tempted to become bitter and retaliate with a corresponding hate. But if this happens, the new order we seek will be little more than a duplicate of the old order. We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.
Image for the quote by Martin Luther King Jr: The darkness of racial injustice will be dispelled only by the light of forgiving love. For more tha...

More by Martin Luther King Jr

“There is within human nature an amazing potential for goodness.”
— Martin Luther King Jr
“Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.”
— Martin Luther King Jr
“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.”
— Martin Luther King Jr

More on Love

“There is only one question: / how to love this world.”
— Mary Oliver
“Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Relationships are more important than life,but it is important for those relationships to have life in them”
— Swami Vivekananda

More on Racism

“I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves." Another "I was raised to believe that excellence is the deterrent to racism and sexism. And that's how I operate my life." And another "It does not matter who you are or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”
— Oprah Winfrey
“It is necessary for us to explain the involuntary repugnance we possess for the nature and personality of the Jews. The Jews have never produced a true poet. Heinrich Heine reached the point where he duped himself into a poet, and was rewarded by his versified lies being set to music by our own composers. He was the conscience of Judaism, just as Judaism is the evil conscience of our modern civilization.”
— Richard Wagner
“Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos.”
— Colin Powell