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.

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.

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch

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

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept read more

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of read more

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. read more

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

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.