How far have we come in our humanity?

Each scientific advance, technological breakthrough or political victory seems to foretell of a better day only to pale beneath the cycle of violence. Wars, murders, genocide - the killing goes on unabated. Yet there is hope.

Are nonkilling societies possible?

Some say "No!" and that killing is inevitable because of human nature, competition over scarce resources, and other factors. However, in 2002, a resounding "Yes!" was asserted in Nonkilling Global Political Science published political scientist Glenn D. Paige.

The important work of the Center

Paige and colleagues have been in touch with thousands of respected scholars and activists to study this question, including interdisciplinary research committees -- anthropology, science, neurology, the arts, and many more. They have compiled an impressive body of knowledge that has uncovered some remarkable conclusions... [more about the story].

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Nonkilling Sayings, by Francisco Gomes de Matos, Tom Fee, et al.

NOT TO KILL AND NEVER TO KILL, THAT IS A HUMANIZING LIFE
SUPPORT LIFE AND CELEBRATE LIFE: DIGNIFY LIVING NONKILLINGLY
LET'S GLOBALIZE NONKILLING: LET'S DECLARE NONKILLING!
PEACE, NONVIOLENCE, NONKILLING ARE INTERCOMPLEMENTARY: LET's NURTURE THEM PERMANENTLY.
BEING PEACEFULCALLS FOR CALM, COMPASSION, COMMITMENT TO NONKILLING.
DECLARING NONKILLING HELPS OPEN THE DOOR TO SERVING PEACE
LIVING NONKILLINGLY IS AN ACT OF FAITH IN PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE
TO ENGAGE IN A NONKILLING APPROACH CALLS FOR A SUPREME RESPECT TO A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN(IZING)RIGHT: The right to live.

LIFE IS HUMANIZING,EACH BREATH A SOURCE OF ETERNAL STORIES OF LIVING AND LIVES PAST, PRESENT, TO BE
TO LIVE IT TO SEE THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL LIVING
TO REVERE EACH BREATH AND SUNRISE AND BEING IS A MOMENT IN LIVING AND NONKILLING
TO LOVE IS TO LIVE NONKILLINGLY
TO BE KILLINGLY OR TO BE NONKILLINGLY THAT IS THE QUESTION DEAR FRIENDS
TO CELEBRATE EACH MOMENT AS PRECIOUS AND IMPERMANENT AND YET INVALUABLE AND IMMEASURABLE
WE ARE EACH OTHER AND BREATH WITH THE SAME LUNGS AND OUR VEINS COURSE WITH
THE SAME BLOOD
GENTLY THE SOURCES OF LIFE ARE SIGNALS AND GUIDING LIGHTS TO WAYS TO BE AND
TO NOT KILL
LIVES JOINED LOVINGLY LET NEW LIVES LEAP
LIVES ENTANGLED KILLINGLY BRING DUST FOR NEW SOIL AND EVEN THEN NEW LIFE YET
KILLINGLY
LIVES IMAGINED AND NURTURED LIKE PRECIOUS DELICATE FLOWERS READY TO BLOSSOM
IMAGINE AND DREAM THE MOLECULES OF BEYOND WAR AND TRANSCENDING KILLING WAYS
AND BEING

Readers are asked to contribute their sayings, with a focus on NONKILLING.

A Way to Follow Through on Your Values

Nonkilling is the Alpha and Omega of life. It is a prerequisite, an a priori condition, an ethical imperative, and a guide to action for individual and societal transformations to achieve the highest human potential. Your help has never been more important [continue reading].

New publications

Nonkilling Psychology
Edited by Daniel J. Christie and Joám Evans Pim (2012)

Nonkilling Korea: Six Culture Exploration
Edited by Glenn D. Paige and Chung-Si Ahn (2012)

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