Kindness is alive and well, and we have good reason to be hopeful about the future. Despite the horrors that we see unfolding daily on our television screens, every day around the world there are countless acts of restraint, decency, and goodness. . . . from the very front lines of the struggles for freedom and justice, the good far outweighs the bad. That is why we can be confident in our capacity to overcome anger, hatred, and obsession which fuel the fire of violence.
— Scott A. Hunt, The Future of Peace