To such men the desperate and horrible thought has come that perhaps the whole of human life is but a bad joke,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A truly nonviolent man would never live to tell the tale of atrocities. He would have laid down his life on the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“War is just a violent way of doing what half the people do calmly in peacetime: using the other half for food,… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
There are many causes of violent deaths in America - murders and traffic accidents - that we do not approach with the… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
I'm not a violent person, never was, but I have this temperament that I've always displayed. I guess it has to do… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
I'm not a pacifist, but I'm not a violent person. I mean, I have a gun. I shoot guns, but I wouldn't… — David Rasche Copy Share Image
During the session of the Supreme Court, in the village of -, about three weeks ago, when a number of people were… — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet Copy Share Image
“A houseful of killers, some of the most violent men Frank had ever encountered, and it took a woman’s touch to destroy… — Nicole Castle Copy Share Image
I’m not a violent person, Sydney. Not at all. I’ll make love over war any day. But I swear, if they’d hurt… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I can make some calls. There is a guy. Dagfinn Heyerdahl. He used to be with Norse Heritage Foundation." Norse Heritage Foundation… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and… — Michel Martin Copy Share Image
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin… — Ascanio Sobrero Copy Share Image
Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for Muslim people. In that classification, we find different categories. Legalist ones, traditional… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the… — Susan McClary Copy Share Image
No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them… — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
I think that the enormous emphasis on violence and sex, and in particular violent sex, may not make rapists of us all,… — Alexander Walker Copy Share Image
I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
If the government of this country tramples the faith and values of its citizens, history will hold those in power responsible for… — Randall Terry Copy Share Image
If we don't get violent with ourselves, castigate ourselves, ostracize ourselves and excommunicate ourselves because we didn't live up to the standards… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was listening to a lot of Norwegian black metal and death metal. There's a great history to Norwegian black metal. That… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
Healing of the world's woes will not come through this or that social or political theory; not through violent changes in government,… — Arthur James Moore Copy Share Image
I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has… — Dale J. Stephens Copy Share Image
“When we changed the channel from violent television to tamer fare, kids just ended up learning the advanced skills of clique formation,… — Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman Copy Share Image
One of the most violent attacks on the Church in the Soviet Union was under Kruschev when, during a period of economic… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
Long-protracted suffering is apt to exhaust not only the invalid, but the compassion of others; violent emotions cannot be prolonged endlessly. — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
When it feels scary to jump, that’s exactly when you jump. Otherwise you end up staying the same place your whole life.… — J. C. Chandor Copy Share Image
The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
It doesn't need to be that violent and crazy and wild. Having experienced it, you don't belong to yourself anymore. You belong… — Isabelle Adjani Copy Share Image
Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
[William] Klein has eyes like a knife. He is ruthless and outrageous but never mean - he is tender and funny and… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
A way of life that ever more rapidly depletes the power of the Earth to sustain it and piles up ever more… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Anytime you have anyone who thinks he or she has God in their pocket, you have the potential for disaster, ... Throughout… — Charles Kimball Copy Share Image
I'm very careful about how I portray violence in my films. I do believe that violence, especially violent video games, are not… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the only way. Even if you achieve your goal by violent means there are always side effects, and these can… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you ask the average person they'd tell ya, "Naw, it's much more dangerous," despite the fact that violent crime has dropped… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
I'm crazy about the fact that the Jewish people should survive because they have so much to contribute and so many values… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image