Diamond Sutra
Hui Neng's commentary. From "The Sutra of Hui-Neng, Grand Master of Zen, Pub. Shambhala Press 1998, Translated by Thomas Cleary.

(5) Real Seeing in Accord with Truth

"Subhuti, what do you think - is it possible to see the Realized One in terms of physical characteristics?"
"No, World Honored One; it is not possible to see the Realized One in terms of physical characteristics."

"Why? Because physical characteristics explained by the Realized One are not physical characteristics."

The Buddha said to Subhuti, "All appearances are illusory; if you see that appearances are not characteristics, then you see the Realized One."

From "A Buddhist Bible" edited by Dwight Goddard, Beacon Press Boston, 1970

The Practice of Selfless Kindness (Sila Paramita)

(23 B) Subhuti, when a disciple is moved to make objective gifts of charity, he should also practice the Sila Paramita of selfless kindness, that is, he should remember that there is no arbitrary distinction between one's own self and the selfhood of others and, therefore, he should practice charity by giving, not objective gifts alone, but the selfless gifts of kindness, he will soon attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi.

Subhuti, by what I have just said about kindness, the Tathagata does not mean that a disciple when making gifts should hold in his mind any arbitrary conceptions about kindness, for kindness after all is only a word and charity should be spontaneous and selfless.
Other past leaders:
Mahatma Gandhi
"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice".
Mother Teresa
"Do Small Things with a Great Heart"

Our whole life - no matter how important or meaningless, famous or hidden, rich or poor, it may be - is for everybody, as a matter of fact, a chain of small actions: eating, walking, working, helping”K in many of these things there are other people: our family, the people with whom we live, work, relax, play, we pass by in the street, on the road”K We can try to live each one of (these) moments as a gift of God, a chance to love and to show his love, or we can be wrapped up in our own thoughts.
Martin Luther King
In your statement you assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion? Isn't this like condemning a robber man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery? Isn't this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? Isn't this like condemning Jesus because his unique God-consciousness and never-ceasing devotion to God's will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? We must come to see that, as the federal courts have consistently affirmed, it is wrong to urge an individual to cease his efforts to gain his basic constitutional rights because the guest may precipitate violence. Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber.