Exemplars
An exemplar is a person, group, or event that is worthy of imitation. We seek to explore the lives of these exemplars with you. Let us know your thoughts.
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King’s Hope: The Beloved Community
By Adam Ericksen
At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love. The nonviolent resister would contend that in the struggle for human dignity, the oppressed people of the world must not succumb to the temptation of becoming bitter or indulging in hate campaigns. To retaliate in kind would do nothing but intensify the existence of hate in the universe. Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can only be done by projecting the ethic of love to the center of our lives.1-Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Keith Ross
In Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, Team of Rivals, which depicts the governing team that Abraham Lincoln forged with many of his previous political rivals, she shares two incidents from 1855 that reveal the exemplary character of the 16th President. By humbling himself and his ambitions, Lincoln modeled a generosity of spirit rarely seen in public life.
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Abdul Ghaffar Khan, 1985 |
By Adam Ericksen
Today’s world is traveling in some strange direction. You see that the world is going toward destruction and violence. And the specialty of violence is to create hatred among people and fear. I am a believer in nonviolence and I say that no peace or tranquility will descend upon the people of the world until nonviolence is practiced, because nonviolence is love and it stirs courage in people.
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