'Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions - all this effort to change others, when if we really got down to it we could use this energy to change ourselves: We become tired radicals because we use our weakest weapon: the ballot box, where we are always outnumbered, and refuse to use our strongest weapon: spiritual power.'
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Political engagement is sometimes necessary despite its limitations.
'We really can't change the world. We really can't change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here and there. The best way to do this, …
'Force is the weapon of the weak.'
'[T]he only revolution worthwhile was the one-man revolution within the heart. Each one could make this by himself and not need to wait on a majority.'
The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral per…
You said, 'They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people.' - 'What,' I asked you, 'is harmless about a dreamer, and what,' I asked you, 'is harmles…
It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.