Biblio | Beyond Intractability

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

- Albert Einstein

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

A solid rock is not disturbed by the wind; even so, a wise person is not agitated by praise or blame.

- Dhammapada

The finger pulls the trigger, but the trigger may also be pulling the finger.

- Leonard Berkowitz

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

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

The trouble of half-truths is the other half.

- Kenneth Boulding

A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.

- Gersonides

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.

- Lord Chesterfield

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

- John F. Kennedy

I'm not disturbing the peace. I'm disturbing the war.

- Ammon Hennacy

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

- Moshe Dayan

Gandhi once declared that it was his wife who unwittingly taught him the effectiveness of nonviolence. Who better than women should know that battles can be won without resort to physical strength?

- Barbara Deming

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

- Nelson Mandela

We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.

- Luciano de Crescenzo

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