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  • Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

    Love   Hate   War  
    Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”
  • In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self.

    Love You   Self   Order  
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.22, Beacon Press
  • Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.

    "Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.
  • The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

    Love   Funny   Life  
    "The Illustrated London News" Magazine, July 16, 1910.
  • Grow a garden, give food away, resist the temptation to give into hate, change it up and try peacemaking for once, love your neighbor, love your enemy.

    Hate   Love You   Garden  
    Source: www.patheos.com
  • The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"

    Hate   Love You   Mean  
  • Then I read this: “You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:43-45). That's it! I was thunderstruck

    Father   Hate   Love You  
    Mosab Hassan Yousef (2011). “Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices”, p.131, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
  • And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

  • Love your enemies and hate your friends, your enemies remain the same your friends always change

    Hate   Love You   Enemy  
  • Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

    Love   Bible   Sarcastic  
  • Love your enemies, for they determine who you are.

  • If somebody says, you know, to love your enemies, you could say, 'Well I'm going to love them to death.' We've done that sort of stuff so it can be done. But if you really start with love your enemies, and if you look at the tradition of the first Christian centuries, nobody ever seems to suggest well if they come after us to persecute us, is it alright to kill a few? Defensively, of course.

    Source: www.abc.net.au
  • If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

    "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.
  • Love your enemy; it will ruin his reputation.

    Love You   Enemy   Ruins  
  • Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just -- and God is with us.

    Believe   Order   Law  
  • But though I was initially disappointed at being categorized as an extremist, as I continued to think about the matter I gradually gained a measure of satisfaction from the label. Was not Jesus an extremist for love: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.”

    Jesus   Hate   Love You  
    Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’, www.theatlantic.com. April 16, 1963.
  • Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press
  • You don't have a revolution in which you love your enemy, and you don't have a revolution in which you are begging the system of exploitation to integrate you into it. Revolutions overturn systems. Revolutions destroy systems.

    "The Ballot or The Bullet (Detroit Version)". Malcolm X's speech at a meeting sponsored by the Congress for Racial Equality in Detroit, Michigan, April 12, 1964.
  • Was not Jesus an extremist in love? - "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you."

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.98, Beacon Press
  • What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers ... For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34)

  • A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that's not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn't mean we're not going to fight them.

  • We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

    "Loving Your Enemies" by Martin Luther King, Jr., Christmas, 1957.
  • Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.

    Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”
  • Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

    Love   Leadership   Wise  
    Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Courier Corporation
  • But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one who loves all equally in imitation of God.

  • Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.

    "Loving Your Enemies". Speech delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.
  • It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5)

  • When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

  • To all those whove tried to belong, and just didnt fit inyou are loved. To all those whove tried to stand out and be heardyoure admired. To all those whove tried to be themselves, only to be shut downyou are supported. To all those whove tried to kill themselves because lifes unfairyoure NOT alone. Love your friends, love your enemies, because in the end, theyll all be kissing your ass when you make it.

  • Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2015). “The Radical King”, p.38, Beacon Press
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