Liu Xiaobo, the co-author of Charter 08, has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
We must try. In our perfect imperfection we may not be able to improve the world but effort is the least that can be expected of us. And the most. For when we try, we will often lose: our jobs, our friends, our loved ones, our freedom, our lives. Liu Xiaobo lost his job, and many of his friends, and his (relative) freedom (repeatedly). One man, standing up to power, for what is right, can expect to lose all of that. But he won't lose his soul. And he will ennoble the souls of the rest of us, and the soul of mankind.
We must try. In our perfect imperfection we may not be able to improve the world but effort is the least that can be expected of us. And the most. For when we try, we will often lose: our jobs, our friends, our loved ones, our freedom, our lives. Liu Xiaobo lost his job, and many of his friends, and his (relative) freedom (repeatedly). One man, standing up to power, for what is right, can expect to lose all of that. But he won't lose his soul. And he will ennoble the souls of the rest of us, and the soul of mankind.
