Ideology of Peace
THE WAYS AND MEANS OF PEACE
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Taken to logical extremes, revenge would imply
that after an attempt on one’s life, one would launch
out on a course which would end in one’s own
death! The truth is that revenge is an evil, whatever
the circumstances, while refraining from revenge by
ignoring the matter at issue is at all events a virtue.
If the taker of revenge is your enemy, after
returning revenge for revenge, you become your
own enemy. And those who turn their own enemy
cannot be saved from destruction by anyone.
FORMULA FOR SOCIAL PEACE
Peace is nature. In any society, peace is disturbed
only when any violent activity causes man to
deviate from his nature. The truth is that every one
of us has his ego. It is a state of mind which, if
provoked, takes no time in flaring up and wreaking
havoc. But by nature, in accordance with the system
of creation, it generally lies dormant. The easiest
way, therefore, to have a peaceful society is to let
this ego remain undisturbed. Social peace is
disturbed by those whose egos have been
provoked. If we refrain from such provocation,
there will be no disturbance of the social peace. This
