Act Quote by Iyanla Vanzant

Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if there can…

— Gloria Steinem

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

— Malcolm X

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to…

— Mahatma Gandhi

But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called…

— Philip O Ceallaigh

“The main reason that violence correlates with low socioeconomic status today is that the elites and the middle class pursue justice with the legal…

— Steven Pinker

“My family would never approve of me firing a gun. They would say that guns are used for self-defense, if not violence, and therefore…

— Veronica Roth

I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.

— Kathy Reichs

“Don't forget the real business of the war is buying and selling. The murdering and the violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to…

— Thomas Pynchon

Comparing yourself to others is an act of violence against your authentic self.

— Iyanla Vanzant

We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are.…

— Mahmoud Abbas

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are…

— Edward Thorndike

As legislators and as Members of Congress, it is our obligation to speak up for those who are being ignored in our society. The…

— Gwen Moore