” Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

—Ernest Hemingway

 

Peace, shalom

is not

 

the absence of difficulties

but

the handling of difficulties

without

loss of balance

Shalom is not the absence of tension

but the acceptance of it as part of the Way.

Shalom is not the absence of war

but the careful waging of war

without losing one’s balance.

Shalom, is not passive non-violence,

but active confrontation with truth.

 

Shalom is the ability to see the grain of life

and act in accord with it;

to discover that effortless effort,

action in tune with the Way of Universe,

is the secret of both peace and power.

 

—Rabbi Shapiro

 

 

“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”

—John F. Kennedy