When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart. – Rodney King
As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive. – Rodney King
Im a religious person. I remember my mom told me: Vengeance belongs to God. Its up to him to wreak vengeance. Its hard for me to get to that point, but thats the work of God. – Rodney King
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint. – Rodney King
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. – Georges Bernanos