(1647 quotes found)
“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.”
Virgil
“Never raise your hand to your children ð it leaves your midsection unprotected”
Robert Orben
“So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos”
Polybius
“Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.”
Cesar Chavez
“The American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living.”
David Abrahansen
“Violence is one of the most fun things to watch”
Quentin Tarantino
“I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence”
Malcolm X
“If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world...”
Deepak Chopra
“Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.”
Dave Barry