It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight than to die. The very essence of self-defense is a thin list of things that might get you… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission. — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
The dream is damned and dreamer too if dreaming's all that dreamers do. — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
Why is a caterpillar wrapped in silk while it changes into a butterfly? So the other caterpillars can't hear the screams. Change hurts — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence. — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight than to… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
It's often been said, "Violence never solved anything." The simple truth is that when you are slammed up against the wall and the knife… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
“When I tell someone that the most important thing a young woman can do to avoid being raped is to avoid places with lots… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
Better to avoid than run, better to run than de-escalcate, better to de-escalate than fight, better to fight than die. — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
“People have different attitudes about the universal value of life, but that value, with few exceptions, is scaled to how similar or dissimilar a… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
“Violence never solved anything.” This platitude is so patently and obviously false that it takes some pretty special mental gymnastics to say it, much… — Rory Miller Copy Share Image
