Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Peace...

in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country.
Peace can only last where
human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.
--Dalai Lama

2 comments:

Victor said...

Amen. This is a truer definition of peace more consistent with the meaning in the Torah of shalom.

Victor said...

Rather it is a true definition of peace. I don't like the word truer.