 Agape is disinterested love. Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. Author: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks. Author: Matthew Henry |
| Nothing exposes religion more to the reproach of its enemies than the worldliness and hard-heartedness of its professors. Author: Matthew Henry |
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| Seducers are more dangerous enemies to the church than persecutors. Author: Matthew Henry |
| It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will. Author: Owen Feltham |
| Nature teaches us to love our friends, but religion our enemies. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| In Jesus and for Him, enemies and friends alike are to be loved. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes. Author: William Gurnall |
| Take heed thou makest not the least child thine enemy by offering wrong to him; God will right the wicked even upon the saint. Author: William Gurnall |
