Biblio | Beyond Intractability

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

- Albert Einstein

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

- Anonymous

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

- Cesar Chavez

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

- Therese of Lisieux

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

- David Hume

We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.

- Malcolm X

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

- Francis of Assisi

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

- Pablo Casals

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

- Frank Kent

Historians are among the major enemies of the human race, interested only in the glorification of war and the despicable concept of national greatness.

- Kenneth Boulding

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

- A.J. Muste

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The besetting sin of most clever people is that it is much easier to say clever things than true ones.

- Kenneth Boulding

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

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

- A.J. Muste