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threatening from his opponents and that caused him so much disturbed that he began to keep gun with him. But very soon he came to feel the contradiction between a weapon like gun and the leader of a Non-violence movement. For any weapon represents violence. He thought over the situation and realized that the quality and not longevity was the most important consideration for judging the worth of an individual. 33
Martin Luther King while delivering a lecture 'Let us be Dissatisfied' has inspired his fellowmen to struggle for the enhancement of the Nigro-society through Non-violence and love.
Violence and Non-violence : According M. L. King, through violence one can murder a murderer but he cannot murder murder. Through violence one can murder a liar but he cannot establish truth. Through violence one can murder a hater but he cannot murder hate. Darkness cannot remove darkness. Only light can put out darkness. So, Non-violence is the only remedy for social, political and economic developments. He, while clearifying his own position says — “I am concerned about justice, I am concerned about brotherhood, I am concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about these, he can never advocate violence.”34
Love : Love should not be considered as something sentimental. It is much more deeper than emotional bosh. There are three words - ‘eros', 'philia' and 'agape' for love in the Greek New Testament. But ‘agape' is the overflowing love. It is operated in the human heart by God. At this level, we love men not because we like them, nor because their ways appeal to us, nor even because they possess some type of divine spark; we love every man because God loves. At this level, we love the person who does an evil deed although we hate the deed that he does.35
Love and Power : Concepts of love and power are known generally as contradictions. Nietzche has refuted the theory of love introduced by Christian theologians. In the same way Christian theologians have abused Nietzche's philosophy of the will power. But as
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