I am a collector of words

Words feed me, free me, comfort, uplift and heal me. I've been saving my favorites in books, handwritten over the years and thought that perhaps in sharing them, not only am I preserving them for myself, but perhaps others may also find healing in them as I have.
Showing posts with label Hate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hate. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Enemies

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that" -- Martin Luther King, Jr

Monday, January 17, 2011

MLK Only Love

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.
So it goes.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,
adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Forgiveness

"[Since your experience of the world represents] your combined state of thought and feeling [and thus your own] state of consciousness, if you hate anyone, you are disliking a part of yourself. Thus all forgiveness is self-forgiveness."  ~Raymond Charles Barker

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Religion

"To hate man and worship god seems to be the sum of all the creeds."  Robert
G. Ingersoll

Surity

"The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts." -- Bertrand Russell

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Compassion

"Any interpretation of scripture which lead to hatred and disdain or contempt of other people, any other people whatsoever is illegitimate."  Rabbi Meir