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.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.

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.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Nothing good ever comes 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

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.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the read more

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

Violence is as American as cherry pie.

Violence is as American as cherry pie.