#violence

We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood,the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work. ↗

— Oscar A. Romero

#christian-living #cross #love #preach #violence

In certain situations, manifesting anger is the right attitude; in others it is not the right thing to manifest because it will only add to the violence. In the first case, anger unblocks the conflict and causes another to become more conscious. In the latter, it only adds to the unconsciousness and inflames the conflict. (73) ↗

— Jean-Yves Leloup

#attitude #conflict #consciousness #expression #peace

Death is ordinary. Behold it, subtract its patterns and lessons from those of the death that weapons bring, and maybe the residue will show what violence is. ↗

— William T. Vollmann

#violence #death

I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#close #eyes #i #often #tolerate

I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#called #doing #done #felt #i

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. ↗

— David Brin

#america #been #before #being #bio

It's pure Black Label. It's about violence and booze. That's all it is. There is no plan. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#black #booze #label #plan #pure

Last chances in the Middle East have been two a dirham since the 1950s. Each year the enmities are more profound, the despots more bloodthirsty and clownish, the violence more extreme, and the conditions of ordinary existence more ghastly. ↗

— James Buchan

#chances #conditions #despots #each #east

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#background #been #believed #dialogue #everyone

A vast majority of Republicans are on the record saying that they believe the Violence Against Women Act should be reauthorized. Let me be clear: I believe that Violence Against Women Act must be reauthorized. ↗

— John Cornyn

#against #believe #clear #i #i believe