Fang Lizhe
Fang Lizhe (1936-2012), also also Li-Zhi, was a Chinese scientist (astrophysicist) and activist. He is known for strong political stances, sometimes called the "Chinese Sakharov". He opposed Maoism beginning in the 1950s. Lizhe won 1989 Robert F Kennedy Human Rights Award and went into exile in United States.Wisdom & Quotes
- In the field of modern cosmology, the first principle is called "the Cosmological Principle". It says that the universe has no center, that it has the same properties throughout. Every place in the universe has, in this sense, equal rights. How can the human race, which has evolved in a universe of such fundamental equality, fail to strive for a society without violence and terror? How can we fail to build a world in which the rights due to every human being from birth are respected?
- Without knowledge, non-violence can deteriorate into begging, and history is unmoved by begging. It is only when we stand on the shoulders of the giant of knowledge that we will truly be able to change the course of history. Only with knowledge will we be able to overcome the violence of ignorance at its very roots. Only with knowledge will we have the compassion necessary to deliver from their folly those with superstitious faith in the omnipotence of violence.
Barbara Jordan