Aggression Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Revenge is the thinking man's reflex, a complex blend of action and consistency no other animal species has so far succeeded in evolving. Evolutionary…

— Jo Nesbo

Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man.

— Robert Winston

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than…

— Katherine Dunn

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

— Sharon Salzberg

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

— Steven Pinker

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.

— Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

— Coretta Scott King

In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.

— Anonymous