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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

— Flip Wilson

In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of…

— Sharon Salzberg

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

— Emma Goldman

Once ignorance is weaponized, violence seems to be a tragic inevitability.

— Henry Giroux

“Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible…

— Alexander Berkman

Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.

— Averroes

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

— Leo Tolstoy

Ignorance is a menace to peace.

— Paul Harris

At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.

— Pema Chodron

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

— Chris Hedges

Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering.

— Parker J. Palmer

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being…

— Richard Wright