Brute Quotes

190 quotes by 153 authors

Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. — John Milton
THE ART OF PEACE does not rely on weapons or brute force to succeed; instead, we put ourselves in tune with the universe, maintain peace… — Morihei Ueshiba
It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute. — Aung San Suu Kyi
For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense. — Dante Alighieri
TV is sometimes accused of encouraging fantasies. Its real problem, though, is that it encourages-enforces, almost-a brute realism. It is anti-Utopian in the extreme. We're… — Bill McKibben
A vile beastly rottenheaded foolbegotten brazenthroated pernicous piggish screaming, tearing, roaring, perplexing, splitmecrackle crashmecriggle insane ass of a woman is practising howling below-stairs with a… — Edward Lear
Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep... For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that an' Chuck him out, the brute! But… — Rudyard Kipling
We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between… — Alvin Toffler
Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people… — Winona LaDuke
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. — William Cobbett
If Truth is taken away from us, then Right and Wrong are taken from us as well. If we don't know Right and Wrong, then… — Frank Peretti
The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. — Max Eastman
It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress); it is the nature of man to seek good and… — Swami Vivekananda
In order to increase his pleasures, man has intentionally added to the number and pressure of his needs, which in their original state were not… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. — Swami Vivekananda
We believe in the power of 21st-century international norms. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes in the power of lies and brute force, and implicitly asks,… — Rich Lowry
A tempest ceases, a cyclone passes over, a wind dies down, a broken mast can be replaced, a leak can be stopped, a fire extinguished,… — Victor Hugo
. . . it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate the sentiment. Other nations kill animals by wholesale and kill one another; they exist in… — Swami Vivekananda
The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter. ...The powers of the mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of… — George Gilder
No one likes a straight road but the man who pays for it, or who, when he travels, is brute enough to wish to get… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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