The situation of the world is still like this. People completely identify with one side, one ideology. ... Reconciliation is to understand both sides, to go to one side and describe the suffering being endured by the other side, and then to go to the other side and describe the suffering being endured by the first side. Doing only that will be a great help for peace. —Thích Nhất Hạnh More about this quote Tags: understanding empathy peace identity ideology reconciliation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest-cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences. —Mary Parker Follett More about this quote Tags: war living reconciliation difference Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email