Feb 22, 2007
Nonviolence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles of violence, it requires a willing acceptance of suffering and death rath than inflicting suffering or death on anyone else.
- John Dear
excerpt from "Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action."
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