Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.
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We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can read more
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does read more
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.
Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.
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.
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.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
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
