Biblio | Beyond Intractability

The first thing to be disrupted by our commitment to nonviolence will be not the system but our own lives.

- James Douglass

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

- Nelson Mandela

The point of nonviolence is to build...a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink...a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, A and H bombs, the works. Give man a decent place to stand.

- Joan Baez

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it stands than to anything on which it is poured.

- Anonymous

War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny.

- Charles DeGaulle

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

- Nelson Mandela

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

The price of greatness is responsibility.

- Winston Churchill

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of humans as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

- 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

Human beings feel dishonor the most, sometimes, when they most deserve it.

- Mark Twain

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

- Mark Twain

Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.

- Albert Einstein

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

- Marcus Aurelius

Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight.

- Mikhail Naim