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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.
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small read more
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will read more
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is read more
We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity
Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.
Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.