Biblio | Beyond Intractability

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

- Albert Einstein

We have a common oppressor, a common exploiter and a common discriminator. But once we realize that we have a common enemy, then we can unite--on the basis of what we have in common.

- Malcolm X

While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.

- Doug Horton

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

- Cesar Chavez

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

- Nelson Mandela

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

- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

- Mikhail Naim

The absence of risk is a sure sign of mediocrity.

- Charles de Foucauld

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?

- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

- Albert Einstein

Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world.

- Malcolm X

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

- Nelson Mandela

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

- Henry David Thoreau