Reality doesn't go away when it is ignored.
One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.
- Topic: Communication, Conflict
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It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
Racism is not dead, but it is on life support—kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists’.
There has never been a shortage of people eager to draw up blueprints for running other people’s lives.
There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.
We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than others their opinions more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.
