"In order to make peace with an enemy, one has to work with him, and then that enemi becomes our partner."
"I am opposed to violence because although it seems to produce goodness, the good it produces is only transitory, whereas the evil that it produces is permanent."
Nelson Mandela (Nobel Peace Prize 1993), in Un long chemin vers la
liberté.
"I am opposed to violence because although it seems to produce goodness, the good it produces is only transitory, whereas the evil that it produces is permanent."
Gandhi, in Le
jeune Inde.
"Hate troubles life, love makes it harmonious. Hate obstructs life, love makes it radiant."
Martin Luther King (Nobel Peace Prize 1964), in The Words of Martin
Luther King.
"Non-violence is not only avoiding exterior physical violence, it is also avoiding interior violence, that of the spirit. It is not only refusing to kill somebody, it is refusing to hate them."
Martin Luther King (Nobel Peace Prize 1964)
"Everybody can be important because everybody can be useful for something."
Martin Luther King (Nobel Peace Prize 1964)
"Never forget: those who let injustice happen are opening doors to other injustices."
"Fanaticism is blind, it makes one deaf and blind. The fanatic doesn't ask questions, doesn't know doubt: he just knows, he thinks he knows."
"Peace is not a gift from God to his creatures. It is a gift that we give one another."
Willy Brandt (Nobel Peace Prize 1971)
"Fanaticism is blind, it makes one deaf and blind. The fanatic doesn't ask questions, doesn't know doubt: he just knows, he thinks he knows."
Elie Wiesel (Nobel Peace Prize 1986), in Mémoire
à deux voix.
"Peace is not a gift from God to his creatures. It is a gift that we give one another."
Elie Wiesel (Nobel Peace Prize 1986)
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"The peace process advances each day, each week, each month, changing opinions little by little, slowly breaking down old barriers, silently building new structures."
John F. Kennedy"The choice between love and fear is made at each instant in our hearts and in our spirits. It is there that the peace process begins. Without peace inside us, world peace is just an empty wish. As with love, peace propagates itself: it cannot be transferred from the world to our hearts; it should be transferred from one heart to the next, and this way to all humanity."
Paul Ferrini"If we could discover the secret lives of our enemy, we would find, in the life of each man, enough pain and suffering to end all of our hostility."
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Recommended Books
Aziz Senni, "L'ascenseur social est en panne. J'ai pris l'escalier".