Positivity
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The positive value of anger is not limited to
peace activists, but is relevant to all who work
for social change. It may be argued that anger
is the personal fuel in the social motor that
resolves the institutional contradictions that
arise in the course of history. As such. it applies
to the activists who rid the world of slavery,
and who moved the political economic systems from
feudalism to capitalism and from capitalism to
socialism, and who are fighting today to rid the
world of racism and sexism.
-- David Adams
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Changing the structure and rules of the global
economy will require a mass movement based on
messages of compassion, justice, and equality,
as well as collaborative and democratic processes
... If we stay positive, inclusive, and democratic,
we have a truly historic opportunity to build
a global movement for social justice.
-- Medea Benjamin
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Democracy
is the ultimate, positive revolution because it
gives each and every individual the power to control
their lives. And we can work together to create
a just, sustainable world.
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Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against
the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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see religion as a powerful positive healing force
for this nation and the world. But that force is
blunted, weakened, compromised inestimably, if we
turn religion into a tool for advancing political
strategy; if we make it a matter of how to win political
office; if we treat it as anything other than a
sacred part of life from which we ought to draw
sustenance and values and strength for living courageously
as good citizens.
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Though
we all have the fear and the seeds of anger within
us, we must learn not to water those seeds and
instead nourish our positive qualities – those
of compassion, understanding, and loving kindness.
-- Thich Nhat Hanh
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“Keep
you face to the sunshine and you cannot see the
shadow.”
-- Helen Keller
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Peace is not just the absence of mass destruction,
but a positive internal and external condition
in which people are free so that they can grow
to their full potential.
-- Petra Kelly
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We
are not here to curse the darkness, but to light
the candle that can guide us through that darkness
to a safe and sane future.
-- John
F. Kennedy
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Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the
world power struggle from the negative nuclear
arms race which no one can win to a positive contest
to harness man's creative genius for the purpose
of making peace and prosperity a reality for all
of the nations of the world.
--
Martin Luther
King, Jr
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we must fix our vision not merely on the negative
expulsion of war, but upon the positive affirmation
of peace.
-- Martin Luther
King, Jr.
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“Just
can't live that negative way...make way for the
positive day!”
-- Bob Marley
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We could dramatically accelerate innovations in
sustainability and social justice just by making
choices to use our money for positive solutions.
-- Carol Newell
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You
have much more power when you are working for
the right thing than when you are working against
the wrong thing. And, of course, if the right
thing is established wrong things will fade away
of their own accord.
-- Peace
Pilgrim
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Thinking about how the world might be and envisioning
a society characterized by justice are the essence
of conceptualizing the conditions that comprise
positive peace. If we are to educate for peace,
both teachers and students need to have some notion
of the transformed world we are educating for.
-- Betty Reardon
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"...our
children are viscerally aware of the heightened
violence on this planet. It has permeated every
aspect of their lives. They are hungry to make
a difference, desperate to affect their reality
in a positive way, but they are unsure of how
to do it."
-- Debbie Robins
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Drag your thoughts away from your troubles...
by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you
can manage it.
-- Mark Twain
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive
change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow
human being.
-- Lech Walesa
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“Four
steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare
prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.”
- William Arthur Ward
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"None
of us alone can save the nation or world. But
each of us can make a positive difference if we
commit ourselves to do so."
-- Cornel West
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