There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
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There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.
Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger.
If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.
Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.
But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods.
Prayer sweeps the battlefield, slays the enemy, and buries the bones.
There are times when you have to face your enemies, sit down and deal with it.
Do the things you think you cannot do. Do all the good you can, by all the means available, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, all the times you can, for as long as ever you can. Our own feelings of helplessness are our own worst enemy.
To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.
Human love serves to love those dear to us but to love one's enemies we need divine love.
Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.
The greater productivity of work under the division of labor is a unifying influence. It leads men to regard each other as comrades in a joint struggle for welfare, rather than as competitors in a struggle for existence. It makes friends out of enemies, peace out of war, society out of individuals.
Go my friend _x000D_ bestow your love _x000D_ even on your enemies _x000D_ if you touch their hearts _x000D_ what do you think will happen.
In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in the world, the worst enemy, the worst peril, is indifference.
Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him
Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected.
All warfare is based on deception. If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight and if not: split and re-evaluate.
Complexity is the enemy of execution!
It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him
Your worst enemy is hiding within yourself, and that enemy is your nafs or false ego.
In democratic countries, the most important private organizations are economic. Unlike secret societies, they are able to exercise their terrorism without illegality, since they do not threaten to kill their enemies, but only to starve them.
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