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We Need More Love And Peace And Less Hate And Violence

An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind

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We Need More Love And Peace And Less Hate And Violence

Here is a list of things that can be solved using violence:

1. Nothing.

People that use violence to respond to issues in the world are not only completely out of their minds, but also terrifying. Violence does not end problems, it only creates more. It spreads this intense hate and divides people against each other. It blows my mind that there are people out there that have come to the conclusion that we need more violence to get rid of the violence occurring.This world has the potential to be so beautiful, but not when people are fueled with hate.

Why are white men going to jail for 6 months for rape? Why did 50 people die for being gay?Why are people claiming that all Muslims are terrorists? Why can't people support #BlackLivesMatter without hating cops? Why did five police officers have to die for no reason? Why is the world obsessed with hate, and then turning that hate into violence?

So instead of talking more about violence and hate, here are some quotes about how to spread love and peace because only love can drive out hate and heal this broken world.

1. " Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier" -Mother Theresa

2. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”-Morrie Schwartz

3. “The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.”- Henry Miller

4. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

5.“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” ~Desmond Tutu

6. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton

7. “Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

8. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

9. “If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliché that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal” - John Lennon

10. “Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding” - Albert Einstein

11. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace” - Jimi Hendrix

12. “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist” - Mahatma Gandhi



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