Quotes Tagged "violence"

Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them.

I saw the look in his eyes before I heard his words, and for the first time in my life I felt the weight of my own bones.

Gender wars in a relationship. Men try to destroy the physical beauty of a women. Women try to destroy Man's life (career, reputation,dignity,living life) when they fight.

Real man don’t abuse women. Real man walks away when the women is ill-discipline and is not worth it.

To lovers out there… We men been trash for too long that being a trash is a normal behavior. That is why when ladies say we are trash we don't see it because to some of us it has been a normal life or relationship in our society. We have been raised to discipline women. To show our strength and power to them. We don’t see beating someone we date as an abuse , but we see it as a discipline. Its not discipline but what it does is it gives us more power and it install fear to them, so that we get authority and control over them. Real man don’t abuse women. Real man walks away when the women is ill-discipline and is not worth it.

Women are secretive about the bad things that happen in their lives and that’s what kills the society. They always want to be seen good, successful and happy.

The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than see them as individuals. Abrahamic religion mixes explosively with (and gives strong sanction to) both. Only the willfully blind could fail to implicate the divisive force of religion in most, if not all, of the violent enmities in the world today. Without a doubt it is the prime aggravator of the Middle East. Those of us who have for years politely concealed our contempt for the dangerous collective delusion of religion need to stand up and speak out. Things are different now. ‘All is changed, changed utterly.

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.

The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence humans have ever committed.

All at once he feels weary of ganefs and prophets, guns and sacrifices and the infinite gangster weight of God. He's tired of hearing about the promised land and the inevitable bloodshed required for its redemption.

America isn’t perfect but there’s not a better place in the world for people of any faith.

Tuez des extrémistes, l'extrémisme réapparaîtra. Tuez l'idéologie extrémiste, l'extrémisme disparaîtra.

Tanith frowned. Did people still go on DATES any more? She was sure they did. They probably called it something different though. She tried to think of the last date she'd been on. The last PROPER date. Did fighting side by side with Saracen Rue count as a date? They ended up snuggling under the moonlight, drenched in gore and pieces of brain - so it had PROBABLY been a date. If it wasn't, it was certainly a fun time had by all. Well, not ALL. But she and Saracen had sure had a blast.

Use the darkness of your past to propel you to a brighter future.

Covetousness gives birth to violence, while violence gives birth to oppression.

Love keeps you safe. It does not belittle you or make you feel ugly. When love touches you, it is with a softness that reminds you of how beautiful you are. Love accepts that you are not perfect and love does not demand that you change. Love patiently waits for you to reach your potential. And if you never do, love loves anyway. Love does not put its hands around your throat. Love is all about you breathing because love is all about life. Love wants to watch you thrive and grow; it never attempts to stifle or wreck or manhandle. Love’s presence is inviting enough for you to trust it. It won’t blackmail you, it won’t force you to bow down in fear. Love prays that it will always be enough to kiss away the scars in your heart for good.

If you hate violence and don't believe in politics, the only major remedy remaining is education.

As a teacher of fourth-graders in a public school, where corporal punishement was not allowed, she had years of violence stored up and was, truth be told, sort of enjoying letting it out on Kona, who she felt could have been the poster child for the failure of public education.

Gewalt ist die letzte Zuflucht des Unfähigen.

Education about gender and peace is important. Educational strategies to promote peace must consider all relations of dominance.