A VOICE THAT WAS NOT SILENT / MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr

January 15, 2007 at 15:29:59 A VOICE THAT WAS NOT SILENT / MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Born Jan. 15, 1929 Assassinated April 4, 1968 A time comes when silence is betrayal: Martin Luther king Jr The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate.... Returning violence for violence multiples 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. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. www.allenroland.com Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious talk radio www.conscioustalk.net