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Testimonials
Click on one of the names
below to read their testimonial for the World
Peace Forum 2003.
Lama
Choedak Rinpoche
Arun
Gandhi - Grandson of Mahatama Gandhi
AUSTCARE
Dr
Michael Costigan
Rabbi
Awraham Soetendorp
Pearl
Wymarra
“When
in despair I remember that all through
history the way of truth and love has
always won; there have been tyrants and
murderers, and for a time they can seem
invincible, but in the end they always
fall.”
- M.K. Gandhi |
Quotes from International Conference:
World Peace and the Message of Mahatma Gandhi
October
5th 2002 Vienna, Austria
"Gandhiji
said: 'Islam and Hindu, these two are like
our two eyes.' And now my question is this,
dear brothers and sisters: which eye do you
want, and which eye do you want to take out?
None of them, we need both; we need both equally
because we need tolerance in the world. Where
there is no tolerance, especially in the religions,
then countries are suffering, and the whole
world will suffer."
- Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda
"I believe
that only when we are open to each other we
are truly liberated. Not by giving up, but
by adding. The road to true dialogue is from
tolerance to respect, and from respect to
love."
- Rabbi Awharaham Soetendorp, Earth Charter
Comissioner, Netherlands
"Are we
to respond to real or perceived threat from
others by violence, or retribution or aggression?
Have we learned so little from the history
of humanity and the appalling carnage of war?
The survival of humanity itself is seen by
many to be under threat at this time in world
history so we must not make the mistakes of
the past."
- Monsignor David Cappo, Vicar General
of the Catholic Archdiocese, Adelaide Australia
"The prophetic
words and actions of Mahatma Gandhi challenge
us in the hypocrisy of the present age. In
the age of so-called globalization, the reality
is that the rich are growing richer and the
poor are getting poorer. The values of village
life are often dismissed; our fragile environment
polluted and desecrated in the name of development;
family, community, religious values and traditions
eroded and despised.
We need to learn that sustainability and communication
cannot only be solved by macro-economics,
by digital opportunities, but also that Mahatma
Gandhi showed us the way with a simple lifestyle,
and attitude of respect, and a sense of needing
each other."
- Dr. John Taylor, International Association
for Religious Freedom, Geneva
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