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Reflection is only a partial understanding of truth if it does not translate itself in practice into commitments to the common good and justice. Truth is not mere abstraction but something to be done and is only apprehended when this is realized.

Reflection is only a partial understanding of truth if it does not translate itself in practice into commitments to the common good and justice. Truth is not mere abstraction but something to be done and is only apprehended when this is realized.


Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Tags: Life  Love  History  Peace  God  Silence 

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Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born November 26, 1931) is an Argentine activist, community organizer, art painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983), during which he was detained, tortured, and held without trial for 14 months; during that period he also received, among other distinctions, the Pope John XXIII Peace Memorial.[1]

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There is such thing as a 'smart bomb' - bombs are smart these days, you know.

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: Smart Know You Days Bomb Bombs
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The best power of all is to be free, but Obama is not a free person. He is a prisoner of a military system. He talked about closing Guantanamo and ending the war in Iraq. Now he's taken on another war. What's happening?

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: War Best Power Free Ending Closing
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Consider in 1945, when the United Nations was first formed, there were something like fifty-one original member countries. Now the United Nations is made up of 193 nations, but it follows the same structure in which five nations control it. It's an anti-democratic structure.

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 Tags: Control Now First Original Same Up
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Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: Peace Hope Light Step Stand Forward
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We know that peace is only possible when it is the fruit of justice. True peace is a profound transformation by means of the force of nonviolence that is the power of love.

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: Love Peace Justice Power Fruit Know
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We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands.

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: Plant Hands Seeds Know Open Must
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Reflection is only a partial understanding of truth if it does not translate itself in practice into commitments to the common good and justice. Truth is not mere abstraction but something to be done and is only apprehended when this is realized.

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: Good Truth Reflection Justice Done
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For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

    Adolfo Perez Esquivel  Adolfo Perez Esquivel   
 Tags: Life Love History Peace God Silence
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