Quotes About Harmony

To dwell is to garden.

Der Mensch versucht vergeblich, durch sein Planen den Erdball in eine Ordnung zu bringen, wenn er nicht dem Zuspruch des Feldweges eingeordnet ist.

If there is to be peace on earth and good will toward men, we must finally believe in the ultimate morality of the universe, and believe that all reality hinges on moral foundations.

Nau­czy­liÅ›my siÄ™ fru­wa? niczym pta­ki na niebie, pÅ'ywa? jak ry­by w morzach, ale nie nau­czy­liÅ›my siÄ™ tej pros­tej sztu­ki, by ?y? ze sobÄ… jak bra­cia

Ä°nsanlar pek çok ÅŸeyi öÄŸrenmiÅŸler; kuÅŸlar gibi uçmay?, bal?klar gibi yüzmeyi. Fakat çok basit bir ÅŸeyi öÄŸrenememiÅŸler: kardeÅŸ gibi yaÅŸamay?.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his opponent, but he refuses to hate him. And he stands with understanding, goodwill at all times.

I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....

Martin Luther King Jr.

I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream -- a dream yet unfulfilled.