Biblio | Beyond Intractability

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

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

- Vera Brittain

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

- Joan Baez

Information is the currency of democracy.

- Thomas Jefferson

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.

- Albert Einstein

I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action.

- Malcolm X

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

- Helen Keller

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

- Albert Einstein

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

- Albert Einstein

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

- Nelson Mandela

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

- Malcolm X

Nobody was born nonviolent. No one was born charitable. None of us comes to these things by nature but only by conversion. The first duty of the nonviolent community is helping its members...come to conversion.

- Lanza del Vasto

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against -- not with -- the wind.

- Hamilton Mabie

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.

- Helen Keller

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead