Precious Indeed

Buddha saw that the only way to a better world was to renounce weapons. He was the first great proponent of nonviolence as the route to social change. He was a demonstrator in the strict sense of the word — he demonstrated what he meant. If you are going to overcome caste, then you must give up your own caste. If you are going to abolish oppression and violence, then it is no good employing those methods yourself. People who are willing to be so consistent are rare. When they are consistent in the cause of good they are precious indeed.

---David Brazier, in The New Buddhism---