Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why read more

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life read more

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

In violence, we forget who we are

In violence, we forget who we are

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not read more

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for
which others are not even indicted.
[Lat., Cavendum est ne major poena quam culpa sit; et ne iisdem
de causis alii plectantur, alii ne appellentur quidem.]

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd read more

Some have been beaten till they know
What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
Some kick'd until they can feel whether
A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather.

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which read more

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

Violence is unnecessary and costly. Peace is the only way.

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves

The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves