We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
This is an era of violent peace.
If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.
We want peace to be permanent.
We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love.
Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.
On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.
Until we have created a romance of peace that would equal that of war, violence will not disappear from people's lives.
We need to do something about the culture of violence.
Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
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