Stolen from ladysophiekitty

[sapphire_child]

“‎I will 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.

Comments

[mistojen.livejournal.com]

I have been alerted to the fact that this is not actually a MLK quote (http://blasphemes.blogspot.com/2011/05/misquote-jr.html), but that some of it is fabricated and the rest is paraphrased, for the most part. That, however, I don't think, actually negates how perfect it is. I just wish that whoever came up with it would have credited themselves, because it really is beautiful.

[sapphire-child.livejournal.com]

Really? Nifty. It is a gorgeous quote either way. I actually really love the proper original that they've paraphrased too.

[mistojen.livejournal.com]

Proper original quote and its origin are listed in the comments. :)

[sapphire-child.livejournal.com]

Yeah I saw that :)