No leader is going to give us peace
To bring about peace in
the world, to stop all wars, there must be a revolution in the
individual, in you and me. Economic revolution without this inward
revolution is meaningless, for hunger is the result of the maladjustment
of economic conditions produced by our psychological states: greed,
envy, ill-will, and possessiveness. To put an end to sorrow, to hunger,
to war, there must be a psychological revolution, and few of us are
willing to face that. We will discuss
peace, plan legislation, create new leagues, the United Nations and so
on and on; but we will not win peace because we will not give up our
position, our authority, our money, our properties, our stupid lives. To
rely on others is utterly futile: others cannot bring us peace. No
leader is going to give us peace, no government, no army, no country.
What will bring peace is inward transformation which will lead to
outward action. Inward transformation is not isolation, is not a
withdrawal from outward action. On the contrary, there can be right
action only when there is right thinking, and there is no right thinking
when there is no self-knowledge. Without knowing yourself, there is no
peace.
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