Help
Sign In
peace
October 2009 
On Peace. Remembering Martin Luther King's wisdom
Posted on Jan 13th, 2007
by 
Galia
Galia
Oslo, 1964
"At oslo I suggested that the philosophy and strategy of non-violence become immediately a subject for study and serious experimentation in every field of human conflict, including relations between nations. This was not, I believed, an unrealistic suggestion.
World peace through non-violent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.
Racial injustice around the world. Poverty. War. When man solves these three great problems he will have squared his moral progress with his scientific progress. And, more importantly, he will have learned the practical art of living in harmony".
Martin Luther King
"At oslo I suggested that the philosophy and strategy of non-violence become immediately a subject for study and serious experimentation in every field of human conflict, including relations between nations. This was not, I believed, an unrealistic suggestion.
World peace through non-violent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built.
Racial injustice around the world. Poverty. War. When man solves these three great problems he will have squared his moral progress with his scientific progress. And, more importantly, he will have learned the practical art of living in harmony".
Martin Luther King
Access: Public
I went to MLK’s memorial in Atlanta last year and I was so moved by his philosophy of nonviolence and his incredible courage to stand up in the midst of hatred and violence.
He is one of my heroes too.
Galia,
thank you for sharing this wonderful quote:
“Racial injustice around the world. Poverty. War. When man solves these three great problems he will have squared his moral progress with his scientific progress. And, more importantly, he will have learned the practical art of living in harmony”.
Martin Luther King never ceases to inspire me and us in so many ways. You can see see and share some more about him in the JOY Soulutions pod where we recently posted some great commemorations about him and inspired by him.
All the best to you in your journey,
D a r i n a :)
Thank you for your meaningful comments, ladies!
I appreciate this interaction. Please, don't miss the chance to read Martin Luther King's autobiography, by Clayborne Carson.
It is really impressing . I learned so much about history, and I was even surprised that after having such a genius people forget to ackowledge his wisdom, his words, his life! He was very brave, he was a leader, he was dangerous for the interests of war…
I will post more from him in my blog.