Ideology of Peace
POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM
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of success. This formula can thus be summed up:
Avoid confrontation, adopt peaceful activism.
FLOWERS AND THEIR THORNS
In our world there are flowers, but there are also
thorns. It is therefore a common experience for
one who wants to engage in any positive activity
to feel that there are obstacles in his way, perhaps
by the very law of nature. This applies to the
individual as well as to the entire nation. Now
one way of addressing such a situation is for him
to set about removing all obstacles from the path
and only then beginning to work towards his
goal. This method is generally defined as
radicalism.
Radicalism greatly appeals to extremists or to
those who are guided by their emotions. But it is
impractical in so far as achieving any positive
goal is concerned. While radicalism may be
effectively used for the purposes of destruction, it
is worse than useless when it comes to
construction. Once the path of radicalism has
been chosen, not only does the prevalent system
