Research is a passion with me; it drives me; it is my relentless master.
The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.
I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of humor, every faculty available to you. . . because no one has the right to take the life of another human being.
Action is the antidote to despair.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
I think music has the power to transform people, and in doing so, it has the power to transform situations - some large and some small.
I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.
Quite possibly, what I call happiness may coincide with what others call the moment of imminent danger
If everyting's the same, then there aren't any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things!" (Jonas) "It's the choosing that's imortant, isn't it?" The Giver asked him.
My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.
The world has physical limits that we are already encountering, but our economy operates as if no physical limits exist.