New Kid on the Hallway: January 15, 1929

Monday, January 18, 2010

January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority. (1963)

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction....The chain reaction of evil--hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars--must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.(1963)

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important. (November 13, 1962)

Jan 18, 2010 10:40:00 AM

2 Comments

The last quotation is really good; it gets to a real kernel of the matter.

Posted by: Bardiac | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 07:32 AM

I love that quote too; was so pleased to find it!

Posted by: New Kid on the Hallway | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 09:44 PM

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