Brutes Quotes

236 Brutes quotes by 187 unique authors

Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force. — Helio Gracie
In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the… — Mahatma Gandhi
When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes. — Amelia Barr
The cowboys have a way of trussing up a steer or a pugnacious bronco which fixes the brute so that it can neither move nor… — Unknown Author
At this day . . . the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ the seed of… — John Calvin
Smiles from reason flow, To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. — John Milton
I don't love women. Love has to be reinvented, we know that. The only thing women can ultimately imagine is security. Once they get that,… — Arthur Rimbaud
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
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five… — Jonathan Swift
Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers… — H. Jay Dinshah
It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute. — Aung San Suu Kyi
"Face the brutes." That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when… — Swami Vivekananda
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
Now what is it moves our very heart, and sickens us so much as cruelty shown to poor brutes? I suppose this: first, that they… — John Henry Newman
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
In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented… — Henry Highland Garnet
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

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