Projecting the ethics of love

In honor of Martin Luther King Day:

In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns. To retaliate with hate and bitterness would do nothing but intensify the hate in the world. Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can be done only by projecting the ethics of love to the center of our lives. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

And when you think about it, why restrict this attitude to "the oppressed people of the world"? It applies to all of us.