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.
Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
Love is the veil between lover and lover.
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
You were my hope during my days of loneliness, my anxiety during moments of doubt, my certainty during moments of faith.
Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well -but, when confronted with it in others, one so often resented it, questioned its true nature, secretly dismissed the particular instance as folly or promiscuity. Was it merely jealousy, or a reluctance to admit so noble and enviable a sentiment in anyone but oneself?
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