I seek balance, not peace. Peace is simply the name for a non-warring period between two wars. If wars did not exist, then neither would peace. Just like the Jedi and the Sith, one would not exist without the other. I seek a
healthy balance between the two concepts of war and peace. An excerpt taken from the Gray Jedi Code:
7 - Peace cannot exist without war.
8 - War must be prevented if at all possible; if a war is necessary, however, it must be ended quickly.
The ends justify the means in most cases and if war will lead to a peaceful community and restore balance, then by all means, lets bear arms, though war should not be excessive and should be ceased hastily.
War is the malady of nations; the disease is terrible while it lasts but purifying in its results. It tries a nation and chastens it, as sickness or adversity tries or chastens the individual. There is a wisdom that comes only of suffering whether to the family or to the aggregation of families - the nation. Man is perfected through suffering.
-S.B. Luce
s adversity and opposition toughen the mental and moral fibre and temper the spirit of man, so riches and easily-acquired success enervate the strongest character and unfit it for protracted effort. It is the same with nations. War arouses all the latent energies of a people, stimulates them to the highest exertion, and develops their mental and material resources.
-S.B. Luce
While I am not saying, with the inclusion of these quotes that we should be at a constant state of war, I am saying that we should neither be at a constant state of war nor a constant state of peace. As S.B. Luce stated, \"riches and easily-acquired success enervate the strongest character and unfit it for protracted effort.\"
What is your opinion? Are you in accord or opposition? Please explain.
