Seven of our favourite Martin Luther King quotes

The third Monday of January might be known as ‘Blue Monday’ around these parts, but in the US the entire country celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Twitter has been alight with users’ favourite MLK quotes, so here are seven of the best we’ve come across this afternoon.

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” - #MLK

— NBA (@NBA) January 21, 2013

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." #mlk

— Sarah ☮ & █▄❤️╲╱☰ Ⓥ🐘🐯🐬🐷🐥🐄 (@zbleumoon) January 18, 2013

"It is no longer the choice between violence and non-violence in this world. It is non-violence or non-existence." MLK Jr, 3 April 1968.

— Paula Higgins (@justamusicprof) January 21, 2013

"A nation that continues...to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death." -- MLK

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) January 21, 2013

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr.

— RonMillerJr. (@RonaldMillerjr) January 21, 2013

And of course we can’t leave one of the most famous speeches of all time out.

It never loses its magic.