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Forty-one rules aren't so many - St. Benedict had 73 to keep the brethren on the straight and narrow.

Colman McCarthy

The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to love and a lot harder to hate, where learning nonviolence means that we dedicate our hearts, minds, time, and money to a commitment that the force of love, the force of truth, the force of justice, and the force of organized resistance to corrupt power are seen as sane and the force of fists, guns, armies, and bombs insane.

Colman McCarthy

Indeed, the highest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from all the pressures of commerce and rationality, we can feel immortal for a few hours.

Colman McCarthy

Colman McCarthy

Colman McCarthy

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Born: March 24, 1938

Died: February 27, 2026 (aged 87)

Bio: Colman McCarthy was an American journalist, teacher, lecturer, pacifist, progressive, anarchist and long-time peace activist.

Known for:

I'd rather teach peace (2002)
All of one peace (1994)
Inner companions (1975)
Involvements (1984)

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