We are not to suppose, that there is any violent exertion of power, such as is required in order to produce a… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
I think the Occupy movement will, or at least should, become a protean movement of ideas, as well as action, where the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The wish to be understood may be our most vengeful demand, may be the way we hang on, as asults, to our… — Adam Phillips Copy Share Image
The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am against war, against violence, against violent revolution, for peaceful settlement of differences, for nonviolent but nevertheless radical changes. Change is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think so much of my early life, even though I grew up White and middle class, I was completely shattered by… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Coming up in the Bay Area and being African American in a city that has a history of complex issues of violent… — Ryan Coogler Copy Share Image
Let us pray for the Catholic Church; for the Churches throughout the whole world; that is, for their truth, unity, and stability;… — Lancelot Andrewes Copy Share Image
The Kingdom suffers violence and the violent take "IT" by force! I believe the Lord is requiring our worship to become more… — Chuck Pierce Copy Share Image
This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the… — Rudolf Hoss Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness,… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read… — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
Even today many educated people think that the victory of Christianity over Greek philosophy is a proof of the superior truth of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There are as many violent women as men, but there's a lot of money in hating men, particularly in the United States… — Erin Pizzey Copy Share Image
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
“States are far less violent than traditional bands and tribes. Modern Western countries, even in their most war-torn centuries, suffered no more… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Joy is not the same as pleasure or happiness. A wicked and evil man may have pleasure, while any ordinary mortal is… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
A small girl became increasingly paralysed by her parents' frequently violent rows. Sometimes she would spend hours standing completely still in the… — Sarah Kane Copy Share Image
There's often a distressing disconnect between the good words we speak and the way we live our lives. In personal relations and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
All kinds of violence on the TV. You're not supposed to watch violence on the TV. Children, they can't watch it 'cause… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
Sociopaths are not usually physically violent. A typical sociopath never kills anybody and doesn't look like Charles Manson - they look like… — Martha Stout Copy Share Image
Mexico just needs more journalists, and especially more good places to publish and exhibit. There are all kinds of censorship practiced in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
We're a miserably violent species. But there's a complication, which is we don't hate violence, we hate the wrong kind. And when… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
This whole society, up to now, has been very violent with the individual. It does not believe in the individual; it is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality,… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
Emotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt,… — William James Copy Share Image
Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
I'm sure there are people in Hollywood, whose main drive in film is to make money, who will feel that any use… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
His death certificate says he died first of pneumonia and secondly of Alzheimer's disease. They could have listed another cause of death:… — Rose George Copy Share Image
“Women, know your worth! If a man is violent, your worth is clearly in your astounding potential to be his personal, unpaid,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Defenders of the status quo will often try to mislead the public by saying, "Just look at our state prisons: nearly half… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
You truly need to witness me goo-gooing and coo-cooing and making up goofy little songs to glean a full appreciation of how… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. And whenever men have attempted any thing by this violent… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Because The Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men enough to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
It was tricky [to write about Israelis], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image