Peace appeals to the hearts; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and heart. And that, in a nutshell, is what peace studies and peace practice are all about. — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
The new book by Nafeez Ahmed, based on very extensive and deep research, is by far the best on the 9/11 syndrome. Articulating and… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
Peace appeals to the hearts; studies to the brain. Both are needed, indeed indispensable. But equally indispensable is a valid link between brain and… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
One basic formula for understanding the Community is this: 'Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
“The main focus of the TRANSCEND method3 is not to merely identify who is guilty and punish those, the traditional legal approach, but to… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
“The killed are dead, the bereaved are traumatized. The trauma may be converted to hatred that may be converted into revenge addiction.” — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
“that the time is always ripe, that the place is here and the time is now.” — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
“Gandhian economic boycott, however, combined refusal to buy English textiles with the collection of funds for the merchants precisely not to confuse the key… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
As professor of global peace studies at the International Islamic University of Malaysia I am committed to the ending of war also through criminalization… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
Peace equals ability to handle conflict, with empathy, nonviolence, and creativity... — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
The topdog may win the game of force. But not the moral issue - and when that dawns upon him and his allies, change… — Johan Galtung Copy Share Image
