Vision for the Quest Soldiers should fight for the good

Vision means reconstructing the dilemma we began with, from the inside out, so that it ceases to exist. Learn more.

There is a standard higher than national victory.

Principles for soldiers
– There is a standard higher than national victory.
– Take responsibility for your actions as a soldier.
– Be sensitive to your own humanity and the humanity of your opponents.
– Accept costs to oneself. Be willing to sacrifice.
– Understand the causes of the conflict and the suffering, grievances and needs of all sides.
– Join with friend and foe, soldier and civilian.

Principles for civilians
– Recognize and atone for your complicity in causing harm. Repent for your own brutality. Understand one's own role in aggression. Discover your own part in creating conflict, including what you do for work, entertainment and in your daily life.
– Put an end to war in yourself. Become capable of peace.
– Understand the causes of the conflict and the suffering, grievances and needs of all sides.
– Respond to conflict by transforming the conflict situation. Work towards a deeper resolution to the conflict.
– Look at evil with the eyes of a mother.