Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being. -- Gandhi

Right now fear, doubt, anxiety, tension, and disharmony are reigning supreme.
But there will come a time when this world of ours will be flooded with peace. --Sri Chinmoy    >> read complete poem

If freedom has got to come, it must be obtained by our own internal strength, by our closing our ranks, by unity between all sections of the community. --Gandhi

Peace is the present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don't have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don't have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy. --Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? --Gandhi

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty. --Gandhi

Peace is Every Step: the Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh

Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chödrön

Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West, (2008) by Benazir Bhutto, Harper-Collins

The Frontiers of Nonviolence (1998) edited by Chaiwat Satha-Anand & Michael True, Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development, Evergreen State College

Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think by George Lakoff

A Testament of Hope: the Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. edited by James M Washington

Gandhi on Non-Violence edited by Thomas Merton

The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace by Howard Zinn, William Penn, Ralph Waldo Emmerson, Henry David Thoreau, Jane Addams, Scott Nearing, Gandhi, Dorothy Day, Henry A. Wallace, AJ Muste, Erich Fromm, Thomas Merton, Rajendra Prasad, MLK, Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh, Jonathan Schel, Daisaku Ideda, Linus Pauling, Arundhati Roy, and others

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chadron

Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism by David Cortright

The Frontiers of Nonviolence edited by Chaiwat Satha-Anand and Michael True

Stop the Next War NOW: Effective Responses to Violence and Terrorism edited by Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans

Enough Blood Shed by Mary-Wynne Ashford with Guy Dauncey

The No-Nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace (2006) Edited by Helen Ware, New Internationalist

Three Cups of Tea (2006) by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin, Penguin Books