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82d613a In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers' broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope. bigotry coexistence coexisting-together coexistência election-year-politics extremism gun-laws gun-violence hate-crimes hatred human-rights-day humanity hypocrisy ignorance intelligence leadership megalomania national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution police-reform police-shootings political-commentary political-corruption politics prejudice presidential-election terrorism world-suicide-prevention-day xenophobia Aberjhani
7df3fb8 This world's anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back. agape-love anguish casualties-of-war child-victims-of-war children-killed-in-war conflict-resolution faith fear grief gun-laws gun-violence hope love nonviolent-conflict-resolution pain peace peace-movement peacemaking police-reform police-shootings russia-and-ukraine-conflict spiritual-love syrian-civil-war tragedy unconditional-love violence war world-suicide-prevention-day Aberjhani
362b88a Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings. angel-art anti-racism antiracism appropriate-application coexistence common-ground cultural-boundaries cultural-demographics cultural-differences cultural-heritage cultural-literacy cultural-relativism demographics diversity ending-violent-jihad ending-war faith-in-humanity faith-in-love human-beings human-condition humanity ideologies ideology ideology-religion-war-compromise interfaith-dialogue joy joy-of-life laughter love-for-humanity multiculturalism multiculturalismo nonviolent-conflict-resolution peacism philosophy-for-millennials race-relations racial-division racial-identity social-philosophy sociological-imagination spiritual-philosophy universal universal-love universal-truths universality waging-peace weeping Aberjhani
2c42f9e On either side of a potentially violent conflict, an opportunity exists to exercise compassion and diminish fear based on recognition of each other's humanity. Without such recognition, fear fueled by uninformed assumptions, cultural prejudice, desperation to meet basic human needs, or the panicked uncertainty of the moment explodes into violence. antiracism assumptions charter-for-compassion compassion compassion-action-network compassion-heals-lives cultural-differences cultural-diversity desperation fear global-community humanity militarization military-conflict nonviolence nonviolent-conflict-resolution opportunity-quotes overcoming-fear panic peacism polarization police-reform police-shootings political-philosophy prejudice slpendid-literarium stop-killing-each-other terrorism terrorists trust uncertainty waging-peace war xenophobia Aberjhani
d8dd179 Humanity is not without answers or solutions regarding how to liberate itself from scenarios that invariably end with mass exterminations. Tools such as compassion, trust, empathy, love, and ethical discernment are already in our possession. The next sensible step would be to use them. compassion-heals-lives doomsday-scenarios ending-violent-jihad extinction human-nature humanity-and-society liberation love mass-exterminations national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution police-reform police-shootings trust Aberjhani
0a91243 If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply the observation that we are all much more alike than we are unalike. anti-racism antiracism belief-in-nonviolence children-victims-of-war civility coexistence compassion-heals-lives compassion-love compassion-wisdom coping-with-change courage-to-love discourse-on-a-better-world diversity ending-terrorism ending-war enemy-quotes faith-in-humanity faith-in-love fear-of-love finding-strength-in-love global-peace-movement global-village good-versus-evil hate hate-versus-love higher-consciousness hope-for-humanity human-nature human-rights-day ideas interfaith-dialogue international-community jihadism-and-love jihadists-and-love living-without-fear love love-and-jihad making-a-difference mindfulness multiculturalism multiculturalismo national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution peacism philosophy-of-life police-culture police-reform postered-poetics-by-aberjhani quote-of-the-day quotes-for-the-new-year race-relations radical-grace spiritual-philosophy sustainbale-humanity terrorism trusting-love unconditional-love wisdom-quotes xenophobia Aberjhani
f959192 Eastward and westward storms are breaking,--great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood and cruelty. I will not believe them inevitable. bigotry black-history-month civil-unrest crimean-war cruelty diplomacy faith faith-in-humanity hate-crimes hope-for-the-future intolerance national-history-day nonviolent-conflict-resolution peace peace-movement peacism political-aggression political-turmoil prophecy russia syrian-civil-war ukraine violence war war-crimes we-can-do-better wisdom W.E.B. Du Bois
fee470d Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength. agape-love american-history black-history-month civil-rights-movement compassion-heals-lives conflict-resolution courage dreams faith famous-authors famous-speeches great-leaders hope human-rights-day humanity i-have-a-dream-speech leadership love martin-luther-king-day martin-luther-king-jr mlk-day mlkdream50 national-history-day nonviolence nonviolent-conflict-resolution police-reform police-shootings spiritual-visions spirituality strength voting-rights-act-of-1965 Aberjhani