“You have got to goad yourself toward a becoming that is in accordance with what you are innate. You have got to sometimes become the medicine you want to take. You have got to, you have absolutely got to put your face into the gash and sniff, and lick. You have got to learn to get sick. You have got to reestablish the integrity of your emotions so that their violence can become a health and so that you can keep on becoming. There is no sacrifice. You have got to want to live. You have got to force yourself to want to.” WantSometimesFacesForceEmotionViolenceSacrificeBecomingIntegritySickMedicineYour FaceInnate Author:Ariana Reines
“Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for non-violence. Violence does not mean the emancipation from fear, but discovering the means of combating the cause of fear. Nonviolence, on the other hand, has no cause for fear. The votary of nonviolence has to cultivate the capacity for sacrifice of the highest type in order to be free from fear. He recks not if he should lose his land, his wealth, his life.” IfsShouldMeanDoeArtHandsOrderCausesLosesWealthViolenceSacrificeLandDyingTypeHighestTrainingCapacityKillingNonviolenceDiscoveringNon ViolenceEmancipation Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religeous faith or political conviction.” SelfPoliticalLibertyLeaderViolenceSacrificeCrimeCommittedConvictionSelfishDevotionMotiveAdsFlagsInsignificant Author:Arthur Koestler
“Farm workers everywhere are angry and worried that we cannot win without violence. We have proved it before through persistence, hard work, faith and willingness to sacrifice. We can win and keep our own self-respect and build a great union that will secure the spirit of all people if we do it through a re-dedication and re-commitment to the struggle for justice through non-violence.” PeopleIfsSelfHardSpiritWinningJusticeStruggleViolenceSacrificeHard WorkCommitmentAngryUnionsWorkersSecureWorriedPersistenceSelf RespectWillingnessFarmsDedicationNon ViolenceWillingness To Sacrifice Author:Cesar Chavez
“We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children. People who make that choice will know hardship and sacrifice. But if you give yourself totally to the non-violence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts and you will never go hungry and never be alone. And in giving of yourself you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldGivingHeartChildrenWholeUseChoicesJusticeStruggleOur LivesViolenceSacrificeAnd LoveOur ChildrenHungryHardshipNew LifeNon ViolencePeace And JusticeLive For Others Author:Cesar Chavez