Belief Quote by Marshall B. Rosenberg

All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

— Leo Tolstoy

Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

— Chris Hedges

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

— Christopher Priest

Violence produces only something resembling justice, but it distances people from the possibility of living justly, without violence.

— Leo Tolstoy

Violence is what happens when we don't know what else to do with our suffering.

— Parker J. Palmer

Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

— Henri Nouwen

We try to show that violence has a consequence - when you create violence, it turns against you.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .

— Paul Watson

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

— Pope John Paul II