| Awaken Bharata |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE TWO WINGS OF DHARMA | |
| Swami
Rama Tirtha, a great Self-realized sage of the earlier part of this
century, once said in a meeting with the Muslims of Lucknow:
"The policy of appeasement is never successful. It increases the demands of the bully and encourages his unreasonableness. He will never listen to you. On the contrary, he will further insult you, by heaping imaginary allegations on you and finding baseless aberrations in you, because he is too proud of his transitory wealth, status, power, position, or authority." To appease a bully, tyrant, or fanatic only makes him more arrogant and violent. It gives him the sense that his violent attitude has been victorious and provides him with the incentive to push his advantage further. Yet to appease anyone to make them quiet - like giving candy to children to silence their crying - also only spoils them and makes them expect further special treatment to reward their upsets. |
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