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TheGentleProject • Everlasting Ubuntu as a way of life
A. T. Ariyaratane, a Buddhist elder, who is considered to be the Gandhi of Sri Lanka.
Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
My humanity is bound in yours.
A person is a person through other persons.
-Desmond Tutu
South African Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu describes ubuntu as … the essence of being human. It speaks of the fact that my humanity is caught up and is inextricably bound up in yours. I am human because I belong. It speaks about wholeness, it speaks about compassion. A person with ubuntu is welcoming, hospitable, warm and generous, willin
... See moreFrank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonouring them.
Nelson Mandela • Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Change when it arrived did so quickly and, for the most part, peacefully. Historical precedents would have predicted a violent transition. It was avoided in this instance, however, due to the leadership of two remarkable individuals. One, Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, had been a political prisoner for twenty-seven years, eighteen of w
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
“Dr. King’s job was to interpret the ideology and theology of non-violence,” said Abernathy. “My job was more simple and down-to-earth. I would tell [people], ‘Don’t ride those buses.’”