The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation
of the beloved community. It is this type of spirit and this type of love
that can transform opposers into friends. The type of love that I stress here
is not eros, a sort of esthetic or romantic love; not philia, a sort of reciprocal
love between personal friends, but it is agape which is understanding
goodwill for all men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in
return. It is the love of God working in the lives of men. This is the love
that may well be the salvation of our civilization.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.