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While we may not consider the way we talk to be 'violent,' our words often lead to hurt and pain, whether for others or…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Violence is the language of the unheard.

— Martin Luther King III

Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.

— Thomas Merton

I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression.

— Olga Tokarczuk

It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The injury of words. Yes, the brutality of words.

— Markus Zusak

Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.

— Norm MacDonald

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

— Jean Genet

Like most human behavior, violence has meaning: it only seems 'senseless' or 'meaningless' to the extent we are unable-or unwilling-to decode it.

— Stephen A. Diamond

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

— Manly Hall

It's the suppression of the word that gives it the power, the violence, the viciousness.

— Lenny Bruce

Violence multiplies violence.

— Martin Luther King, Jr