Let's change machine guns with pens.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Prioritize education and peaceful communication over violence and warfare.
- In plain terms
- Use writing and learning instead of weapons.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose peaceful tools over violent ones.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can you contribute to peace?
- What tools do you use to solve problems?
Another view
Some situations may require defense.
More from Ruhollah Khomeini
Man needs knowledge as well as education to the end of his life. No man can do without them.
Permalink to quote #24 We shall eradicate illiteracy in best possible manner.
Permalink to quote #26 Let the illiterate all rise to learn and all literate brothers and sisters rise to teach!
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