6 Principles of Nonviolence Martin Luther King.

I've been reading various resources on nonviolence recently.  I will probably be posting some gleanings and musings.  Not surprisingly, Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr are two names that I've come across often. I was young when King was assassinated.  Perhaps sixth grade???  Most of what I've learned about him I learned from what I've been reading.  I came across the following 6 principles of nonviolence credited to King.   

1.  Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.

2.  Nonviolence is an effort to achieve a reconciled world by raising the level of relationships among all people to a height where justice prevails and persons attain full human potential.

3.  Nonviolence attacks forces of evil and acts of evil, but never persons as evil. Nonviolence believes in the ultimate  good of every person and seeks reconciliation.

4.  Nonviolence accepts suffering without retaliation for its moral power toward achieving a goal.

5.  Nonviolence avoids internal violence of the spirit as well as external physical violence.

6.  Nonviolence believes that the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice.

And a quote from King....

You may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. You may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate, nor establish love. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, 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.