http://uq-media.com Raise your Understanding Quotient Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:54:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/a-definition-of-nonviolence-from-joan-baez/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/a-definition-of-nonviolence-from-joan-baez/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:54:05 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=518 “That’s all nonviolence is – organized love.” -Joan Baez

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/a-definition-of-nonviolence-from-joan-baez/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-nonviolence/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-nonviolence/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:41 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=533 Continue reading →]]> “Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.” – César Chávez

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-nonviolence/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/no-defeat-in-non-violence/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/no-defeat-in-non-violence/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:08 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=534 “There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.” -César Chávez

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/no-defeat-in-non-violence/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-the-high-price-of-nonviolence/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-the-high-price-of-nonviolence/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:08 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=535 “Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.” -César Chávez

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-the-high-price-of-nonviolence/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-the-effectiveness-of-nonviolence/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-the-effectiveness-of-nonviolence/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:08 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=536 Continue reading →]]> “Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don’t understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and non-violence are firmly committed to a lifetime of non-violence, not because it is easy or because it is cowardly, but because it is an effective and very powerful way.” – César Chávez

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/cesar-chavez-on-the-effectiveness-of-nonviolence/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/einstein-on-intelligent-fools-genius-and-courage/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/einstein-on-intelligent-fools-genius-and-courage/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:08 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=542 “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” – Albert Einstein

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/einstein-on-intelligent-fools-genius-and-courage/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/edison-on-non-violence/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/edison-on-non-violence/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:08 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=541 “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.”
Thomas Edison

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/edison-on-non-violence/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/joy-within-reach/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/joy-within-reach/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:07 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=548 Continue reading →]]> “The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look.”
-Fra Giovanni, 1513

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/joy-within-reach/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/gandhi-on-objection-to-violence/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/gandhi-on-objection-to-violence/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:07 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=547 “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” -Mohandas Gandhi

]]> http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/gandhi-on-objection-to-violence/feed/ 0 http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/gandhi-on-the-triumph-of-truth-and-love/ http://uq-media.com/2009/05/21/gandhi-on-the-triumph-of-truth-and-love/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 02:53:07 +0000 lauren.speeth http://uq-media.com/?p=546 Continue reading →]]> “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS! ” – Mahatma Gandhi

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