When any person suffers for someone in greater need, that person is a human.
CESAR CHAVEZThere’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.
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From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.
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Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
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The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of God.
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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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There’s no reason to be non-violent. There’s no challenge unless you are living for people.
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Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
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When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
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We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.
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The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
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You know, if people are not pacifists, it’s not their fault. It’s because society puts them in that spot. You’ve got to change it. You don’t just change a man – you’ve got to change his environment as you do it.
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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.
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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.
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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along.
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If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him… the people who give you their food give you their heart.
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.
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It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
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The people united will never be defeated.
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