We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of our civilization.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the chance to enhance society with love and compassion.
Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to the transformative power of love in society, suggesting that we have a unique opportunity to infuse our communities with a deeper sense of caring and connection. He implies that love can be a driving force for positive change and can elevate humanity to new heights, calling for action to embrace this potential.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one might say this quote to inspire others to contribute positively.
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.
On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
No love is Love that subjugates the Lover. No love is Love that feeds on flesh and blood. No love is Love that draws a woman to a man only to breed more women and men and thus perpetuate their bondage to the flesh.
What is light, if Sylvia be not seen? What is joy if Sylvia be not by?
Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark could outmatch in battle.
I belong to no religion. My religion is love. Every heart is my temple.
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