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TWELVE PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE

  1. Thou shalt non initiate violence. (Bertrand Russel)
  2. Thou shalt not finance violence. (Ayn Rand)
  3. Thou shalt not use verbal violence. (Dag Hammarskjöld)
  4. Thou shalt manage the earth with wisdom. (Zarathustra)
  5. Thou shalt not exercise power over others. (Friedrich Hayek)
  6. Thou shalt not rape anybody or anything. (Georges Bataille)
  7. Thou shalt not destroy or harm thy competitors. (Rudolf Steiner)
  8. Thou shalt not wilfully kill or maim thyself. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  9. Thou shalt not reach thy goal at the expense of the Other – man, woman or child.
    (Emmanuel Levinas)
  10. Thou shalt not cause accidents. (Sigmund Freud)
  11. Thou shalt practise pure, unconditional hospitality. (Jacques Derrida)
  12. Thou shalt not wash thy hands in innocence. (Pontius Pilatus)

Jan Pieter de Kok, 29-09-2005

The twelve principles of non-violence have been inspired by
the life achievements of the persons named.


Transformation,
Jan Pieter de Kok
Aquarel, acryl & ink, 2005