Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?
Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.
My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
You know the name you were given, you do not know the name that you have
The fully engaged heart is the antibody for the infection of violence.
If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm with them forces me to be in the moment.
Second best is not good enough really. Although if someone turned around now and said 'you will be promoted, but you will come in second' then I would take it.