People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

I apologized for punching him. I thought he was attacking me with a karate chop disguised as a handshake.


I object to violence because when it appears to do good the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent

In real life, you don't get a reset, and you don't get extra lives, and I got the crap pounded out of me.

We can’t answer King’s assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.

Knocking on a door is so violent. Talk on the door. Try to get it to open up through communication, not violence.

The violence between women is unbelievable...women try to make each other crawl so that their knees are bleeding.

Anyone who remains silent in the face of murder is an accomplice to murder. Anyone who does not condemn approves.

Tribalism is an addiction that is driven by false beliefs that need to be reflected back to be perceived as true.

I have always felt,” he said, “that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."(Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919)

You don't get it boy... this isn't a mudhole... its an operating table. (KRAKKKKK) And I'm the surgeon.

We are what we think about and meditate on. Look around people! America is a buffet of violence; a total immersion.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.