We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence. We want to love our enemies. If I am stopped, our work will not stop, for what we are doing is right.
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love. A fifth point concerning nonviolent resistance is that it avoids not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. The nonviolent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent but he also refuses to hate him. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience. Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon.
Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
In a real sense, all life is interrelated. He understood that peaceful protest and other nonviolent protests could strike real change. From Martin Luther King, Jr.
If humans across the globe could comprehend Dr. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Blog - Latest News. I have long believed that Gandhi -- and Jesus -- were right to insist on the method of nonviolent resistance for both moral and practical reasons, but now the facts are in. The evidence is all laid out in this scholarly report. The book went to press just as the revolutions of the Arab Spring were beginning. More, it is a source of hope proving the ancient wisdom that mobilized nonviolent resistance is the best weapon for peaceful change.
May it be taught far and wide and inspire many more to join the grassroots nonviolent movements for a new world of justice and peace. On Oct. To see John's speaking schedule, go to John Dear's website.
His new book, Lazarus, Come Forth! John's talk at last year's Sabeel conference in Bethlehem is featured in the new book Challenging Empire. Send your thoughts and reactions to Letters to the Editor. Learn more here. Join now. Blog On the Road to Peace.
The facts are in: Nonviolent resistance works Oct 16, Join the Conversation Send your thoughts and reactions to Letters to the Editor. Enter your email address to receive free newsletters from NCR. But feeling like I want to is not the same as doing it. Feeling can't hurt anyone or get me into trouble, but doing can. To defeat covid humanity need to follow the path of self-purification, compassion, nonviolence, God and the Nature.
I am this You did this How dare you say that All these arguments take place only when one of them is not a deer. And these arguments will reach no conclusion. They should either silently accept each other or silently walk away. Silence is the most natural thing in both the cases.
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