Quote by Meera Syal

“You attack to protect, not to avenge. You strike to end suffering, not cause it.”

— Tiana Dalichov

“Violence is weakness. True strength comes not through brutality and savagery, but through tenderness, mercy and grace.”

— Mango Wodzak

“Wise people choose battles carefully, the way a rat nibbles around a trap. What doesn't kill you doesn't always make you stronger. Sometimes, they…

— Tolu' Akinyemi

“One must see how no attack is so feared as that of laughter... because more than any other this attack isolates the one attacked.”

— Soren Kierkegaard

“No attack is ever really an attack on the victim. It's the perpetrator attacking an aspect of himself that he loathes. He or she.”

— Sophie Hannah

“A great many grown-up and intelligent people believe, or pretend to believe, that by behaving in a friendly and accommodating way to our attackers,…

— James Bowman

“In principle the most vulnerable, but he wasn’t worried. Sheer rage would overcome any theoretical tactical disadvantage.”

— Lee Child

“perhaps pain’s the enemy no matter which side you’re on,”

— Adrian Tchaikovsky

“Without loving-kindness, staying in pain is just warfare.”

— Pema Chödrön

“I would rather be exposed to all their torments than be obliged to think about them in order to protect myself from their attacks.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“In cases of Defense ‘tis best to weigh The Enemy more mighty than he seems.”

— William Shakespeare

“People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within.”

— Banana Yoshimoto