JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
love thought-provoking violence
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
respect determination heart
The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had.
inspirational motivational positive
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
peace war negative
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
hate people looks
How hard it is for people to live without someone to look down upon-really to look down upon. It is not just that they feel cheated out of someone to hate. It is that they are compelled to look more closely into themselves and what they don't like about themselves.
journey men compassion
On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. "A Time to Break Silence," at Riverside Church
time ill-will people
It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills. Actually time is neutral. It can be used either destructively or constructively. I am coming to feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
pain may life-is
The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
jesus love-you thinking
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, 'Love your enemies.' It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals.
betrayal night agony
The time comes when silence is betrayal. That time has come for us today... ...some of us who have already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak.
wisdom winning emotional
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility.
religious luxury giving
There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.
life health individual
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
justice foundation i-have-a-dream-speech
The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.