Agents Quote by Pierre Bourdieu

Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.

— Marshall McLuhan

Like most human behavior, violence has meaning: it only seems 'senseless' or 'meaningless' to the extent we are unable-or unwilling-to decode it.

— Stephen A. Diamond

Violence is the resortment of weaker minds

— Liffcaan

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

“Violent ideologies follow their own logic, the logic that sustains the system - a convoluted logic that unravels when it, itself, is labeled.”

— Melanie Joy

In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible…

— Carroll Quigley

Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.

— Amartya Sen

“Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible…

— Alexander Berkman

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The violence of the Left is symbolic, the injuries are not intended. The violence of the Right is real - directed at people, designed…

— George Carlin

Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that…

— Rollo May

There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence…

— Eknath Easwaran