Quotes of Intensity - somelinesforyou

“ The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ”

- Lucretius

“ Democracy don't rule the world, you better get that in your head. Tthis world is ruled by violence, but I guess that's better left unsaid. ”

- Bob Dylan

“ Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime. ”

- Max Stirner

“ There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future. ”

- Simone De Beauvoir

“ Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak…Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ The oppressed never free themselves-they do not have the necessary strengths. ”

- Clare Boothe Luce

“ With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. ”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

“ Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around. ”

- Dave Barry

“ Physical love is unthinkable without violence. ”

- Milan Kundera

“ It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable. ”

- Arnold Bennett

“ I like to think it's not violence for the sake of violence and in this particular film, it's actually violence for the annihilation of violence. ”

- Guy Ritchie

“ Violence is one of the most fun things to watch. ”

- Quentin Tarantino

“ We played with a lot of intensity. We are playing better, way better than ever before. ”

- Mike Davis

“ Violence is not the problem; it is a consequence of the problem. ”

- Jim Wallis

“ It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong. ”

- Jon Krakauer

“ Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, deprecating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a common room. ”

- W. Somerset Maugham

“ I have managed, in the nine months since my election, to create a climate of peace and not a climate of violence amongst Palestinians. ”

- Mahmoud Abbas

“ A History of More Violence'?... I think not. That reminds me of somebody's joke about Gandhi - 'Gandhi 2: Even More Non-Violent.'. ”

- David Cronenberg

“ I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money. ”

- David Mamet

“ Violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die; like fire and powder,Which, as they kiss, consume. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence. ”

- Francis Jeffrey

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment and its wars. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ If strength alone ruled, the elephant would be king of the world. ”

- Eliza Cook

“ Violence gains nothing, killing wins nothing — only sometimes nothing is what people want. Death is what they want. And they get it. ”

- Ursula K. Le Guin

“ Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves. ”

- Naomi Klein

“ There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It's all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break. ”

- Michael Douglas

“ Violence does even justice unjustly. ”

- Thomas Carlyle

“ As if we don't have enough violence on television. ”

- Barbara Bush
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