Acts Of Violence

I dream of giving

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: Mother, what was war? Eve Merriam

Constantly worrying about your

Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself. Emma Thompson

There is another side to death. Whether death happens through an act of violence to a large number of people or to an individual, whether death comes prematurely through illness or accident, or whether death comes through old age, death is always an opening. So a great opportunity comes whenever we face death. Eckhart Tolle

The moment you put

The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence. Eckhart Tolle

Like an animal caught

Like an animal caught in a trap, trying to gnaw off its own leg, a woman who seeks abortion is trying to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss. Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate. Frederica Mathewes-Green

Acts of violence– Whether

Acts of violence– Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death–and the meaninglessness of killing. Dag Hammarskjold

Terrorism is about magnifying

Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy. Cory Doctorow

The real damage from

The real damage from terrorist attacks doesn’t come from the explosion. The real damage is done after the explosion, by the victims, who repeatedly and determinedly attack themselves, giving over reason in favor of terror… Terrorism is about magnifying one mediagenic act of violence into one hundred billion acts of terrorized authoritarian idiocy. Cory Doctorow

I think people are

I think people are propelled towards violence, and what propels them is much more interesting than the actual act of violence itself. Colin Farrell

My random acts of

My random acts of violence weren’t random. They were premeditated. Christopher Titus