May 02 2011
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“ (edited) 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.
— Martin Luther King Jr. (Poignant quote two Facebook friends just posted. 24 hours since the big news was announced, provides something worth pondering. Makes you realize how amazing MLK was … EDIT: It turns out the original first sentence, “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy,” was made up and NOT from MLK. Apparently the Mark Twain quote also making the rounds this week was also only “interweb true” (I shouldn’t be surprised!), and was actually from Clarence Darow.)
