Quote by Jim Butcher

Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person." "I'm pretty sure that isn't…

— Jim Butcher

“I'm going to use them to track him down and thwart him." "Thwart?" Sarissa asked. "Thwart." I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something…

— Jim Butcher

“To guard oneself from presumption.”

— Stefan Zweig

“The best way of preventing violence does not consist in forbidding objects, or even rivalistic desire, as the tenth commandment does, but in offering…

— René Girard

“Any attempt to attack, defend, or withdraw will work against you. Instead, you must restrain these reactive tendencies, find the courage to stand your…

— Rick Brinkman

As we have seen, the first public expression of disenchantment with nonviolence arose around the question of 'self-defense.' In a sense this is a…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Vigilantly guard your mind against erroneous and destructive thought as you would guard your house against burglars and assassins.

— Grenville Kleiser

“Nonviolence cannot be used successfully to protect special privileges that have been won by violence.”

— David T. Dellinger

“The trick is to control them without any provocation, but outlaws are very easily provoked.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

“To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly.”

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous.”

— Shunryu Suzuki