A Reflection on the Words of 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.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke these words not as poetry alone, but as a lived conviction. They were forged in a season marked by injustice, resistance, and suffering—yet anchored in an unshakable belief that love, when practiced with courage, has the power to transform hearts, systems, and generations. Darkness responds to darkness by multiplying it. Hate answers hate by deepening wounds. But light exposes, heals, and redirects. Love interrupts cycles that violence and bitterness can never fix. Dr. King understood something deeply spiritual: transformation does not begin with retaliation—it begins with illumination. Light Is Active, Not Passive Light is not weakness. Love is not silence. Biblical love confronts evil without becoming it. Scripture echoes this truth in Romans 12:21...