Still Troubled and Conflicted

The hatred I have witnessed in people’s words and exclamations over the death of Osama bin Laden is just as riddled with violence as the violence we protest against. And until that changes, true peace cannot be possible.

Violence Happens Any Time We Violate the Integrity of the Other

One of the wise public intellectuals of our time, Quaker writer, traveling teacher and activist Parker Palmer works with people from all walks of life at the intersection of spiritual, professional, and social change, and stresses the need to acknowledge the inner life of human beings as a source of reality and power. This is one of a series of interviews he did for The Center for Courage and Renewal, a non-profit he helped cofound.

Via: C. Wess Daniels's I'm a Trapeze Artist