Attack Quote by Saba Qamar

“If norms are oppressive, try to foster acceptance of deviations, don't try to destroy the norms themselves — that's a fool's errand.”

— T.J. Kirk

There are norms that preserve some equilibrium between chaos and stability in the world; that keep sociopaths like Assad from undermining that equilibrium, and…

— Tom Malinowski

“People often take because they don’t realize that they’re deviating from the norm. In these situations, showing them the norm is often enough to…

— Adam M. Grant

This objective of getting what we want from other people-or getting them to do what we want them to do-threatens the autonomy of people,…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly.

— Jane Goodall

No one should ever exhaust your self respect to the point where you lose it completely. Set boundaries so that others may know their…

— Geraldine Vermaak

By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.

— Gene Sharp

I want my people to be protected, strong, and not to be driven into corners until they either become killers or are killed!

— Cassandra Clare

I don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The…

— Mitch Albom

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage…

— Pema Chodron

We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what we are doing when…

— T. S. Eliot

Most of us fail to appreciate the extent to which our behavior is under situational control, because we prefer to believe that is all…

— Philip Zimbardo