Peace without justice is tyranny
Interpretation
True peace cannot exist without justice; otherwise, it leads to oppression.
This quote highlights the profound connection between peace and justice, asserting that a society that claims to be peaceful yet allows injustices to persist is not truly liberated. Instead, such conditions foster a sense of tyranny where individuals may feel oppressed, undermining the very essence of freedom and harmony.
In practice
Using this quote during a discussion on social justice.
So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold — by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.
Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.
Now imagine a world in which everyone, but especially people with power and influence, holds an expanded view of our place in the cosmos. With that perspective, our problems would shrink-or never arise at all-and we could celebrate our earthly differences while shunning the behavior of our predecessors who slaughtered each other because of them.
Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases.
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering, the animals are our equals.
Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you cannot run away from death. you cannot stop death with your wealth, through your magic performances or recitation of mantras or even medicines. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for your death.
The deep parts of my life pour onward, as if the river shores were opening out. I feel closer to what language can't reach. With my senses, as with birds, I climb into the windy heaven... in the ponds broken off from the sky. . .
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