Biblio | Beyond Intractability

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

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

- Frank Kent

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him.

- Milan Kundera

No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.

- Marian Anderson

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

- Albert Einstein

The human mind likes a strange idea as little as the body likes a strange protein and resists it with a similar energy.

- W.H. Beveridge

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

- Dante

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

- Desmond Tutu

The soul of our country needs to be awakened... When leaders act contrary to conscience, we must act contrary to leaders.

- Veterans Fast for Life

When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.

- Helder Camara

The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative.

- Hildegarde Goss-Mayr

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

- Pablo Casals

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

- Jonathan Kozol