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Like reforestation, species reintroductions, and the planting of oyster reefs, it’s part of what the historian Thomas Berry described as humanity’s Great Work: “moving the human project from its devastating exploitation to a benign presence.”
The compassion of nonviolence keeps truthfulness from being a personal weapon. It asks us to think twice before we walk around mowing people down with our truth, and then wonder where everyone went.
The Yamas & Niyamas
Deborah Adele
Five out of every six smokers won’t get lung cancer. Most of the people who are prime candidates for heart attacks don’t get heart attacks. Every day, it has been estimated, between one and five of your cells turn cancerous, and your immune system captures and kills them.
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