Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emo…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.
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