“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
King wrote this in Strength to Love, published in 1963 — a collection of sermons preached through some of the most violent years of the civil rights movement. He was writing for people who had experienced genuine darkness: bombings, beatings, the murder of neighbors and friends.
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