A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English hedgerow than in the meanest streets of a great city. —P.D. James More about this quote Tags: death nature violence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from P.D. James What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it. —P.D. James More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What was so terrible about grief was not grief itself, but that one got over it. —P.D. James More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “violence” I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it. —Groucho Marx More about this quote Tags: humor violence anger brutality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence. —Hermann Hesse More about this quote Tags: love strength violence water softness hardness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email When we are violent to our enemies, we do violence to ourselves. When we brutalize others, we brutalize ourselves. And eventually we run the risk of becoming our oppressors. —Arundhati Roy More about this quote Tags: enemies violence brutality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but by real understanding. We must ask: "Where is the violence coming from? What is its meaning? —Jean Vanier More about this quote Tags: violence source message Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email You're immature. You've been unable to adjust to the idea of war." "Yes, sir." "You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second." "I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed." ". . . Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. . . . You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic depressive! —Joseph Heller More about this quote Tags: war ignorance maturity death misery violence surprise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it. —Groucho Marx More about this quote Tags: humor violence anger brutality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence. —Hermann Hesse More about this quote Tags: love strength violence water softness hardness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When we are violent to our enemies, we do violence to ourselves. When we brutalize others, we brutalize ourselves. And eventually we run the risk of becoming our oppressors. —Arundhati Roy More about this quote Tags: enemies violence brutality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but by real understanding. We must ask: "Where is the violence coming from? What is its meaning? —Jean Vanier More about this quote Tags: violence source message Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You're immature. You've been unable to adjust to the idea of war." "Yes, sir." "You have a morbid aversion to dying. You probably resent the fact that you're at war and might get your head blown off any second." "I more than resent it, sir. I'm absolutely incensed." ". . . Misery depresses you. Ignorance depresses you. Persecution depresses you. Violence depresses you. . . . You know, it wouldn't surprise me if you're a manic depressive! —Joseph Heller More about this quote Tags: war ignorance maturity death misery violence surprise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email