I think violence begets violence. I don't think a way to solve any sort of conflict is with violence because nothing ever… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
It was a strange monster, for beneath its exterior it was frightened and sickened by its own violence. It chastised itself for… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
“I ask for guidance. And for courage. And I beg - oh, how I beg - that I never become so desensitized… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The other person has wrong perceptions about himself and about us. And we have wrong perceptions about ourselves and the other person.… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor… — Abdul Qadeer Khan Copy Share Image
While our country has made great strides, the Jewish community is still the target of anti-Semitism, and we must continue to stand… — Lucy McBath Copy Share Image
I am just back from South Sudan, one of the world's most fragile nations. For years, I have been moved by the… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
This attitude of how society views women as chattel - that's the biggest thing to overcome. When I first started a stake… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
President Barack Obama cried during his announcement of new executive actions designed to curb gun violence in the United States by restricting… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
And on the last day, the bad days become so difficult to recall, because one way or another, she had made a… — John Green Copy Share Image
just as violence is the last refuge of the inarticulate, so it is also the first resort of the incompetent, the easy… — Judith Crist Copy Share Image
“Farah gaped, unable to fathom his brutality. She shouldn't be shocked, she'd been around the worst sort of criminals for more years… — Kerrigan Byrne Copy Share Image
The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human… — Adam Hamilton 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
Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Give peace a chance, yes, but why not get serious and give it a place in the curriculum: peace courses in every… — Colman McCarthy Copy Share Image
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
In the global push to stop gender-based violence, men in the entertainment industry need to join forces with women to end violence… — John Kani Copy Share Image
“3. War Peace & Action - 3B.02 LOVE & PEACE Hatred goes not by hatred, Violence not by violence, Disappear hatred and… — Munindra (Munnan) Misra Copy Share Image
“Okay then, we’re set” he thought. “Come and get it”. The enemy, his enemy, were walking into the classic football ambush and… — Dougie Brimson Copy Share Image
Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach… — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
“The State is not the hope of the world; it is an institution grounded in the threat of violence, whether via capital… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't see the violence stopping, from the L.A. riots 25 years ago to the Baltimore riots from 2015 to today -… — DJ Yella Copy Share Image
I have seen the sun with a little ray of distant light challenge all the powers of darkness, and without violence and… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
I've always liked reading books that contain funny lines or situations, and maybe because my work is known chiefly for its violence… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
So the more things remained the same, the more they changed after all. Nothing endures. Not love, not a tree, not even… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
The world is tired of seeing the perpetuation of violence and terrorism, but the effort to create a real peace needs to… — Mohammad Khatami Copy Share Image
“Since the human mind is the primary weapon of the human being, it is also therefore the primary and most significant instrument… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state... It is very easy to denounce the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back; And is a swelling, and the last affection A high mind can put off; being… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
There is no one in al-Nahda that is 'violence is a means of change or to keep power.' Everyone in al-Nahda believes… — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
That is straight out of Gandhi. If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble. … If… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
I was the victim of physical and psychological violence, so in order to preserve my personal and professional dignity, I wish to… — Rui Patricio Copy Share Image
I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Obviously, there's a part of me that takes the world of violence and death very seriously. However, when it comes to protection,… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“I have yet to see a serious act of violence that was not provoked by the experience of feeling shamed or humiliated,… — James Gilligan Copy Share Image