If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
CESAR CHAVEZIf we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
CESAR CHAVEZWe cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.
CESAR CHAVEZWhen 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.
CESAR CHAVEZIn some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
CESAR CHAVEZYou 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.
CESAR CHAVEZI became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom.
CESAR CHAVEZIn this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.
CESAR CHAVEZThose 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.
CESAR CHAVEZThe people who give you their food give you their heart.
CESAR CHAVEZIt is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.
CESAR CHAVEZIf 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.
CESAR CHAVEZBeing of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.
CESAR CHAVEZYou cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
CESAR CHAVEZNon-violence has suffered its biggest defeat in the hands of people who most want to talk about it.
CESAR CHAVEZWe are suffering. We have suffered. And we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.
CESAR CHAVEZThe end of all knowledge must be the building up of character.
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