“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”~ Mahatma Gandhi “If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace … War is over; if you want it to be.” ~ John Lennon It is a simple sociological Truth that Peace always works when we have the courage […]
A dear Friend of mine yesterday posed the following question: “When nature threatens an avalanche, man uses dynamite to preempt it … When water threatens to flood, man uses force to divert it … When a Tai Chi master is confronted, and cannot use the energy of his opponent to deflect him, he uses violence […]
“The real danger we face is not from terrorism, but rather from what is being done under the pretext of fighting it.” ~ Michael Parenti War in any form is not only inexcusable, it is patently counterproductive … We the people have been programmed to react differently — programmed to respond to aggression wit aggression; […]
“There can be value in our personal suffering. We can understand firsthand that we are all in the same boat and that the only thing that makes any sense is to care for one another … Instead of your distress becoming all about yourself, it can become your link with everyone all over the world […]
The time has come for every believer in Peace to make a stand, and we must do so even if we are not surrounded by a crowd of enthusiastic supporters. Even if our resolve is ignored by governments and even if we are ridiculed by strangers — even if we stand cold & alone in […]
First of all, please know that I realize fully well that the “powers that be” don’t really want peace in the Middle East; that I comprehend fully that — despite decades of desperate cries and bemoaned pleadings from the millions of innocent civilians caught in the bloody crossfire there between political juggernauts lusting over land […]
Despite all ruse or good intention, war is always cruel, and can never be refined.
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