Thomas Merton Quote by Paul F. Knitter

“But what was more violent than making people disbelieve in the worth of their own lives? What was more violent than making them believe…

— Ishmael Beah

“Most people are constantly perpetrating little acts of violence on others, even when they don’t mean to.”

— Banana Yoshimoto

“You should be querying why you consider a violent society as being normal.”

— Steven Magee

“Self-identified intellectuals were among the most dangerous people on the planet.”

— Dean Koontz

“We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves.”

— Bryant McGill

“Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right and another wrong.”

— Eckhart Tolle

“Social scientists are not universally liked or appreciated, but we are still marginally more acceptable than alcoholics and escaped lunatics.”

— Kate Fox

“Violence was seen by wiseguys as a tool to get what you want and only occasionally to vent your anger. It was not seen…

— Nick Apuzzo

“Structural violence is visited upon all those whose social status denies them access to the fruits of scientific and social progress.”

— van Dernoot Lipsky, Laura

“Those who abjure violence can only do so by others committing violence on their behalf.”

— George Orwell

“Often I look at the world And I am dumbfounded that anyone can function at all Given the kinds of violence that So many…

— Hera Lindsay Bird

“I believe that in the deepest places in their hearts, people are violent and take pleasure in hurting each other.”

— Ruth Ozeki