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.

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

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.

Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical read more

Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you read more

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

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.

Never raise your hand to your children ð it leaves your midsection unprotected

Never raise your hand to your children ð it leaves your midsection unprotected

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and read more

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. -E. F. Schumacher.