I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a strong rejection of hate, emphasizing the desire for love and understanding instead.
Martin Luther King, Jr. highlights the power of love over hate, stemming from his experiences with the pervasive nature of hatred in society. He articulates a personal commitment to reject anger and animosity, suggesting that instead of perpetuating hate, one should embrace compassion and understanding, thereby fostering a more loving world.
In practice
In a speech promoting unity, one might say, 'As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit, social position, or recognition expresses the activity of Chenrezig.
Jesus evidently hates it when we tear into our brothers or sisters with demeaning words, words that fail to honor the people around us as the beautiful image-bearing creatures that they are.
By my love and my hope I beseech you - do not forsake hero in your soul!
Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.
It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee without the hope of reward 'love' unselfishly for love's sake.
I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover.
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