POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM
English book, PDF p. 68
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM ~ 68 ~ enemy can yield such beneficial results that your former enemy could one day turn out to be your friend. VIOLENCE IS THE RESULT OF FRUSTRATION One advantage of positive status quoism is that it obviates the baneful effects of frustration that come from a sense of deprivation. Bright prospects are discernible in all situations, however unfavourable those situations might appear. The miraculous benefit of positive status quoism is that it gives human beings unlimited courage. It saves them in all situations from becoming so discouraged that all doors appear closed, and they fail to identify any viable course of action. Violence results from a feeling of deprivation, while peace results from a sense of discovery. Those who have the notion that they have been deprived of what is rightfully theirs suffer perennially from negative psychology. It is this negativism that frequently takes the form of violence. But those who live with the positive feeling that they have

‹ Previous page Next page › About this book Open in the reader