Ideology of Peace
THE IDEOLOGY OF PEACE
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with cowardice. They thought that there was
everything to be gained by violence, but that
peaceful methods would bring them nothing. This
misapprehension caused them to think that violence
meant advancement, and peace meant regression.
In other words they had an ‘ideology’ of violence,
but no ideology of peace. Yet they became
convinced by my arguments that there was no real
ideology in favour of violence, and that positive
ideology was only in favour of peace, in the real
sense. Furthermore, the realization dawned on them
that the violent course of action which they had
taken in order to advance their own interests was
ultimately suicidal, while the peaceful course of
action which they had thought unproductive was,
in fact, the true path to advancement.
After this intellectual discovery, their lives
underwent a transformation. From being violent
activists, they turned into peaceful activists. Indeed,
in various parts of the world, there are a great
number of youths who, after becoming fully aware
of the truth of this matter, have abandoned violence
in favour of engaging their energies in peaceful
