Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are read more

Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.

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.

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

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.

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

If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a read more

If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

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.