Biblio | Beyond Intractability

Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.

- Frank Kent

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

- Robert Lynd

Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.

- Leo Tolstoy

The besetting sin of most clever people is that it is much easier to say clever things than true ones.

- Kenneth Boulding

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.

- Albert Einstein

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

- Martin Luther

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

- Jonathan Kozol

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service.

- Albert Einstein

Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the all out struggle against hunger, sickness, under-development and illiteracy.

- Pope John Paul II

The besetting sin of most clever people is that it is much easier to say clever things than true ones.

- Kenneth Boulding

Those for whom peace is no more than a dream are asleep to the future.

- Jack DuVall

Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

- Albert Einstein

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

- Norman Cousins