From the self-study on nonviolence at Soulforce’s website:

SEVEN “SOUL FORCE” BELIEFS ABOUT MY ADVERSARY

1. My adversary is also a child of the Creator; we are both members of the same human family; we are sisters and brothers in need of reconciliation.
2. My adversary is not my enemy, but a victim of misinformation as I have been.
3. My only task is to bring my adversary truth in love* (nonviolence) relentlessly.
4. My adversary’s motives are as pure as mine and of no relevance to our discussion.
5. My worst adversary has an amazing potential for positive change.
6. My adversary may have an insight into truth that I do not have.
7. My adversary and I will understand each other and come to a new position that will satisfy us both, if we conduct our search for truth guided by the principles of love.

For Gandhi and King, to “love” our adversary means that we respond to our adversary guided exclusively by the principles of “ahimsa” or nonviolence. Gandhi said it this way. “No physical, verbal, or psychological violence.” In King’s words, “No violence of the fist, the tongue, or the heart.”