Violent Quotes

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An organic farmer is the best peacemaker today, because there is more violence, more death, more destruction, more wars, through a violent industrial agricultural system.… — Vandana Shiva
Dance is holy, sexual, and it's a way of being very powerful and a little dangerous without being violent. — Eve Ensler
Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a… — Mark Helprin
I gathered poets around me and we all wrote beautiful erotica. As we were condemned to focus only on sensuality, we had violent explosions of… — Anais Nin
Many problems that confront us today are created by man, whether they are violent conflicts, destruction of the environment, poverty or hunger. These problems can… — Dalai Lama
A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet. — Casey Kasem
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, weâ€™ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, weâ€™ll not solve our problems.… — Dalai Lama
There is a desire for progress in the hearts of all men, and it is the sense of frustration and inability to move forward that… — Eleanor Roosevelt
It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in the last resort… — Ludwig von Mises
Itâ€™s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky
The main achievement of economics is that it has provided a theory of peaceful human cooperation. This is why the harbingers of violent conflict have… — Ludwig von Mises
Do not delay in coming to grace, but hasten, lest the robber outstrip you, lest the adulterer pass you by, lest the insatiate be satisfied… — Gregory of Nazianzus
The stones tear like flesh, rather than breaking. Although what happens is violent, it is a violence that is in stone. A tear is more… — Andy Goldsworthy
You can't just say there is a God because well, the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children. You have… — Stephen Fry
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was… — Emanuel Steward
The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action. The true terrorists… — Peter Joseph
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts,… — Mahatma Gandhi
The kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force. Such force demands an equal response, and Jesus is going to make… — Lou Engle
A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will be… — Mike Farrell
Ideals are peaceful. History is violent. — Brad Pitt

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