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"You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it. " - Mahatma Gandhi

It’s not always necessary to change someone's mind, because it's not worth the time. Just because they’re right doesn’t mean you’re wrong. You don’t need to change yourself just because you care of what other people think of you but rather, change because you want to. Never let anyone pass judgement about you as long as you know what you did is right. Just be yourself, if they do not treat you right, walk away.

This quote touches my heart not just because it is a word that came from a wise man but it expresses a strong motivational drive for me. Being just me is the perfect way to express myself. I’m just a human …show more content…

Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

(Darkness cannot make darkness go away, only light can make darkness go away, hate cannot make hate go away, only love can do that.) Darkness is lack of light, same as hate is lack love. Darkness (hatred) cannot be resolved with more hatred, only light (love and peace) can keep us from hating each other. Example, if someone is bullying you, you shouldn't be fighting back because it will only make matters worse. But if you try to resolve things everything would be fine instead of a big fight.

When there’s hate, we loved. Throwing back hate doesn’t end it. Therefore, it makes like a Ping-Pong ball with endless bounce unless one of it gives up their paddle. That’s how hatred works in this world. Just like for myself, I don’t hate back for others that made hate on me. Instead, I don’t fight back with hate but offering confrontation and discuss how it was started, like what others always say “love your enemy”. Sometimes, giving up pride to any understanding can also avoid hate. It gives us peace and as for love, it makes us free from any argument that brings friendship and

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