Scilla Elworthy Quotes

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• When faced with world problems - like hunger, overpopulation, nuclear weapons, the arms trade - you may be among those who are overwhelmed by a… Among
• Change happens at the level of the individual Change
• Real change comes when people are enabled to use their thinking and their energy in a new way, using a different system of thought, different… Change
• More and more individuals worldwide are realizing that war does not solve conflict, nor resolve long-standing cycles of violence. As more of those who have… Change
• If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people. Armies
• Dialogue is a non-confrontational communication, where both partners are willing to learn from the other and therefore leads much farther into finding new grounds together Both
• Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger… Anger
• There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts. Astonishing
• We need to learn and to show others that there are tried and tested, powerful ways of containing and resolving conflict which do not require… Conflict
• The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political. Aid
• Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible… Believing
• To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a… Action
• Consistently rated the most peaceable of all countries in the world by the Global Peace Index, Iceland has reduced its military expenditure to zero, has… All
• I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it. Across
• Like many traditional feminists, I became one of the boys, only better. For a while it gave me a buzz to win at their game,… Became
• If fear grows fat on the energy you feed it, you have to talk it down. Down
• Wherever there is injustice, there is anger, and anger is like gasoline - if you spray it around and somebody lights a matchstick, you have… Anger

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