09 maio, 2011

Numa sala perto de mim #155

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)... how the world would be different if he hadn't! A Pole enduring nazism and communism with a clear and unchanged message.

Karol Wojtyla [to a group of students revolted against the soviets] During the nazi period I happened to find myself next to the wisest man I have ever met. We were in a dark room hanging on between life and death. And this wise man wasn't a philosopher, he was a tailor. And he said to me "We will win with love, not with guns" and I answered, "how can you say that with the nazis at the door?" and he said "the nazis will disappear because evil devours itself. But if love doesn't win out, the nazis will just come back under a different name." And now you want to face down tanks with rifles? You want to give your lives? I don't think you should be giving your lives today. You should be showing your love of life instead. A love they don't know about. You have to bear witness to the sacred dignity of every life. Demonstrate peacefully. Show your pain, show your disappointment, shout out your refusal of violence. Show your love. Show your respect for life. (...) Don't provoke them. That's exactly what they want you to do. They won't be afraid of your guns. But they will be afraid of your words.

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