5/29/02

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Thoughts on Peace
Reprinted on 1/8/03

To honor the truest expression of humanity, we must all call for peace, stand for peace, and act for peace. We must accept only peace. But first, we must become peace itself, not an idea or image of peace, not the rhetoric of peace, not the passions of peace, but actual peace, the peace in which violence cannot arise, because its true causes have been seen, understood, and transformed

Robert Rabbin, A Call for Peace

If one does not practice non-violence in one’s personal relations with others, and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one is vastly mistaken.  Non-violence like charity must begin at home.

MK Gandhi

A teacher of fear can’t bring peace on earth.  We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years.  The person who turns inner violence around, the person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is.  We are waiting for just one teacher.  You’re the one.

Byron Katie, Loving What Is

Peace is not for wimps.  Who among us has the guts to stop fighting?  It’s much easier to fear, hate and kill than it is to accept differences, love your enemies, and live and let live.  But don’t be fooled.  Love is the only way to the Kingdom of Heaven.  There is only One Life.  What we do to another, we do to ourselves.  It’s that simple.

The Spiritual Chicks

Update: This article originally appeared on our site in May 2002. As an interesting follow up, we recommend the following web site:
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows.