Revolution will come without reason. When there is no reason to tear down every word, thought or feeling that is not our own. When we can be 'us' without casting a figment of 'them'. When we begin truly listening to each other's words, rather than looking through them for invisible signs and inferences of our own design. When we accept what is for what it is. No more, no less. When we realise what is yet to be learnt. When identity becomes more than pride in being right or knowing and marking wrong. When we realise that the world is not moved by courage, sacrifice or strength; It simply moves. When the games end.
This is the 'Quiet Revolution'.
"The political essence of Martin Luther King was the realisation that there must be a break with violence now. Non-violent action, he believed was a "break with the old, ingrained concepts and practices of our society. The eye for an eye philosophy, the impulse to defend oneself when attacked... to champion justice through violent reaction against injustice." Eric Fromm pointed out Freud's belief that a man can be a radical and use violence, but to be a revolutionary he must reject it"
- J. Cairns
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