Quotes
Quotes about Violence
You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them.
No nation, no matter how enlightened, can endure criminal violence. If we cannot control it, we are admitting to the world and to ourselves that our laws are no more than a facade that crumbles when the winds of crisis rise.
Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.
Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that they, too, are significant.
Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
Serene yet strong, majestic yet sedate, Swift without violence, without terror great.
It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
Union Carbide desecrated India with killer insecticides brought to Bhopal They violated Hinduism All bugs are sacred to Ahimsa's Gopal *** (the biggest industrial accident of all time.. involved several thousand deaths ..as killer insecticide gas killed humans.. ) Ahimsa nonviolence Gopal.. name for Krishna as protector of cows and all beings.
Like the sun, truth is self luminescent. It is reality, self evident, needing no external defense. It is immediately recognized by resonant hearts. It can be hidden for a short time by clouds or by imprisoning others indoors.. but inevitably truth conquers all, as does love. God whose name is Truth whose name is Love is ending the violence in the world now.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.
Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.
The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.
