Action Quote by Sharon Salzberg

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.

— Anonymous

As far as ignorance is concerned, not just Buddhism, every religion recognizes it as the source of suffering.

— Dalai Lama

Ignorance of the real causes of religious violence

— Mak_786

Ignorance, vulnerability, fear, anger, and desire are expressions of the infinite potential of your buddha nature. There's nothing inherently wrong or right with making…

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

“NOT CAUSING HARM obviously includes not killing or robbing or lying to people. It also includes not being aggressive—not being aggressive with our actions,…

— Pema Chödrön

Most ignorances are vincible, and in the greater number of cases stupidity is what the Buddha pronounced it to be, a sin. For, consciously,…

— Aldous Huxley

I could justify violence only in this extreme case, to save the last living knowledge of Buddhism itself.

— Dalai Lama

“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

At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.

— Pema Chodron

Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of Buddha dharma,…

— Lobsang Tenzin

Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.

— Averroes

Once ignorance is weaponized, violence seems to be a tragic inevitability.

— Henry Giroux