Raging is easy but is neither good for your sanity, nor the best way to effect change.
- Mariella Frostrup
Mariella Frostrup's words are the best advice, the only rational advice, whether the crisis is Misogyny, Racism, Climate Change, Political Corruption, or personal issues.
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside,
is that they cannot win and their participants know it.
Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary
because it invites defeat.
It involves an emotional catharsis,
but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change of any sort requires courage.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Violence, even well intentioned,
always rebounds upon oneself.
- Lao Tzu
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed people can change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence
but also internal violence of spirit.
You not only refuse to shoot a man,
but you refuse to hate him.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped
with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton
Be resolute in your goals, but flexible in your tactics.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Until You Take Action, What You Want Holds No Power
No comments:
Post a Comment