Ideology of Peace
A MANIFESTO OF PEACE
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and violence distances them. Peace fosters a high
level of human culture and helps it to flourish,
whereas violence breeds a jungle culture. Peace
elevates humanity to the level of civilized social
existence, whereas violence causes a descent into
barbarism. Peace promotes life, while violence is the
harbinger of death and destruction. Peace brings the
good elements of a society into prominence, while
violence does the very opposite.
PEACE TURNS MINUS INTO PLUS
According to a German psychologist, Alfred Adler,
a unique quality possessed by human beings is
‘their power to turn a minus into a plus’. What
enables man to perform this extraordinary feat? The
only answer is that it is through peace. The human
brain is a treasure house of unlimited power. If man
loses his peace of mind at a time of crisis, he is not
in a position to utilize his mental capacity in a
positive way. Negative thinking is an obstacle to
human development, while positive thinking is like
a life-giver in that it stimulates human capacities.
Therefore, when an individual or a nation is able to
maintain peace in every situation, infinite
