Balance Theory in short:

my friend’s friend is my friend
my friend’s enemy is my enemy
my enemy’s friend is my enemy
my enemy’s enemy is my friend
Heider’s Balance Theory (1958)
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Balance Theory is a motivational theory of attitude change proposed by Fritz Heider, which conceptualizes the consistency motive as a drive toward psychological balance. [...]

Nazim Hikmek

TODAY IS SUNDAY
Today is Sunday.
Today, for the first time,
they took me out into the sun
and for the first time in my life
I looked at the sky
amazed that it was so far
and so blue
and so wide.
I stood without moving
and then respectfully sat on the black earth,
pressed my back against the wall.
Now, not even a thought [...]

Bertha von Suttner, Nobelprice 1905

Bertha von Suttner , Nobel Price for peace 1905
“Bertha von Suttner deliverd her lecture , dressed in black , her voice husky with emotion, using no contrived appeals, no gesture ,  no change of facial expression”
Oslo Aftenposten , Apri l 19, 1906

The Evolution of the Peace Movement
The stars of eterna l [...]