Martin Luther King Quotes of Peace for 2020

The world misses Dr. Martin Luther King, yet his wisdom and quotes live on. After a decade of turmoil the world needs peace and peaceful words more than ever, so we have collected some of Mr. King's best stated quotes so we can start out the 2020 decade correctly.

 "I Have Decided To Stick With Love. Hate Is Too Great A Burden To Bear."

Martin Luther King Jr

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

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.

Martin Luther King Jr

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."  

This is perhaps the most single famous quote of MLK and one that should be committed to heart!

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

Martin Luther King JR.

And while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize he said..

"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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"Let know man pull you so low as to hate him"

-Martin Luther King Jr.

”The time is always right to do the right thing.”                     -Martin Luther King Jr.

”We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools"

--Martin Luther King Jr. 

  ”One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” 

Martin Luther King Jr.

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”

Martin Luther King Jr.