"The reason I can't follow the old..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.
More by Martin Luther King Jr
“Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day”
“Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.”
“There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right ignorance.”
More on Nonviolence
“Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.”
“When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.”
“For a nonviolent struggle, there is no age limit. The blind, the maimed and the bed-ridden may serve, and not only men but women also.”
More on Philosophy
“There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me.”
“The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.”
“Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now if this is true, it would be absurd to be eager for nothing but this all their lives, and then to be troubled when that came for which they had all along been eagerly practicing.”