Inspirational Quotes

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Violence Quotes

Peace Prevention Violence Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Heraclitus

Greek philosopher

Ethics Good and Evil Nonviolence Temporary vs Permanent Violence I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Mahatma Gandhi

Deception Integrity Lying Violence Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aggression Conflict Military Prejudice Violence I've been studying Israeli army martial arts. I now know 16 ways to kick a Palestinian woman in the back.

Frankie Boyle

Entertainment Health Risks Public Awareness Sports Violence Football is entertainment in which the audience is expected to delight in gladiatorial action that a growing portion of the audience knows may cause the players degenerative brain disease.

George Will

Political Commentator

Gun Control Safety Violence Guns are bad, I tell you.

Eminem

American rapper and songwriter

Caution Health Intelligence Self-awareness Violence I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.

Conor McGregor

Mixed Martial Artist

Change Conflict Peace Revolution Violence War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Mao Zedong

Founding Father of the People's Republic of China

Dependency Non-violence Violence Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

George Orwell

English novelist and poet

Misconception Peace Religion Unity Violence Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in places and all this is not the way to spread the word of Islam. So people realize now that all Muslims are not terrorists.

Muhammad Ali

Deception Manipulation Truth Violence I sleep people. I put people unconscious. I'm stating facts.

Conor McGregor

Mixed Martial Artist

Intention Rebound Self Reflection Violence Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

Lao Tzu

Chinese philosopher

Admiration Chemistry Disillusionment Literature Violence In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really want to open. This is a man who is a chemist and who specializes in making bombs and despises humanity.

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian

Dehumanization Mindset Prejudice Violence Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.

Eckhart Tolle

Conflict Power Violence Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.

Hannah Arendt

American historian and philosopher

Deception Justice Lies Truth Violence Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Domestic Affairs International Affairs Revolution Violence The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.

Hannah Arendt

American historian and philosopher

Development Inequality Poverty Unrest Violence Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.

Deception Integrity Methods Principle Violence Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Behavior Emotion Impact Influence Violence I was highly influenced by violence.

Ryan Gosling

Cruelty Human Nature Violence The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love - almost as violent and much more mischievous.

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher

Democracy Growth Intolerance Violence Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

Mahatma Gandhi

Governance Morality Violence So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Elbert Hubbard

Consequence Fame Notoriety Society Violence To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

Albert Camus

French philosopher and author

Cinema Expression Impact Power Violence When I use violence in a movie, it's just to express the power, the impact of it.

Denis Villeneuve

Caution Consequences Self-Control Strategy Violence You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

Chesty Puller

Authenticity Heroism Patriotism Peace Violence Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!

Albert Einstein

Theoretical Physicist

Human Behavior Nature Perception Violence When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright and critic

Anger Danger Near Miss Violence One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.

Freddie Mercury

British singer and songwriter

Darkness Light Spectrum Violence Women My movies are very often violent and dark, but there's a spectrum of light, and that light is coming from the women.

Denis Villeneuve