To me non-violence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people, and, therefore, I am devoting all my energies towards the establishment of a society that should be based on its principles of truth and peace.
Interpretation
Non-violence is seen as a universal solution to societal problems.
This quote by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan emphasizes the belief that non-violence can address the various evils faced by society. It reflects a commitment to advocating for truth and peace in the establishment of a just community, highlighting the power of peaceful resistance as a means to achieve social change.
In practice
During a speech on social justice, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of peaceful methods in achieving change.
I am going to give you such a weapon that the police and the army will not be able to stand against it. It is the weapon of the Prophet, but you are not aware of it. That weapon is patience and righteousness. No power on earth can stand against it.
My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. Every religion that has come into the world has brought the message of love and brotherhood. Those who are indifferent to the welfare of their fellowmen, whose hearts are empty of love, they do not know the meaning of religion.
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
Action cures fear. Indecision, postponement, on the other hand, fertilize fear.
At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.
Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was being stoned to death.
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
Nothing makes a man more aware of his capabilities and of his limitations than those moments when he must push aside all the familiar defenses of ego and vanity, and accept reality by staring, with the fear that is normal to a man in combat, into the face of Death.
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