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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.
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars
When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much read more
When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.
Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture read more
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.
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
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized read more
It is organized violence on top which creates individual violence at the bottom. It is the accumulated indignation against organized wrong, organized crime, organized injustice, which drives the political offender to act.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.
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.