Values to live by in these times

by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
Only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
Only love can do that.

Hate multiplies hate,
Violence multiplies violence,
And toughness multiplies toughness
In a descending spiral of destruction . . .

The chain reaction of evil--
Hate begetting hate,
Wars producing more wars--
Must be broken,
Or we shall be plunged into the darkness of annihilation.