We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tensions exist in any free society. But the freedom we enjoy rests on a foundation of individual liberty and shared moral values.
Tension is the cornerstone of any good story.
Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.
I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually.
I believe our emotional tension can manifest itself physically.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.
In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.
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