Acts of violence Quote by Jean Vanier

Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24)

— Jean Vanier

I think, personally, nothing comes from violence other than more violence.

— Christopher Priest

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

Violence comes from the belief that other people cause our pain and therefore deserve punishment.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

“Violence is a means of bargaining and signalling value within the marketplace.”

— Alex de Waal

Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be…

— Delphine de Vigan

What we vision we guide as violence

— Anonymous

I know and understand the result of extreme violence in my own life, in my friends' lives, and so I know what violence really…

— Salim Akil

Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in "justice" or in affirmation of "rights" or in defense of "peace" do not end violence. They…

— Wendell Berry

We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in…

— Martin Sheen

“Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible…

— Alexander Berkman

There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence…

— Eknath Easwaran