“The sexual energies returned, when they're not evolved, are still linked with violence and the fear of power - the fear of women.” StillsEnergyWomenViolenceEnlightenmentLinkedMen Women Author:Frederick Lenz
“Violence, passion, indignation, loyalty, integrity, incorruptibility, shameless egoism, generosity, excitability, energy, a hundred horse-power drive - none of it very subtle: Ethel [Smyth] didn't deal in pastel shades, she went for the stronger colors, the blood-red, anything deep and pumping out of the arteries of the heart.” HeartPassionEnergyDealsViolenceBloodColorPersonalityIntegrityHundredRedHorseStrongerLoyaltyGenerositySubtleShadeEgoismIndignationShamelessArteriesPastel Author:Vita Sackville-West
“... the twin concepts of nihilism and the antihero have had it. What began with The Wild One and James "nobody understands me" Dean, ran with increasing vehement negativism up through the Stones and Velvets and Iggy ... [I]t may be time, in spite of all indications to the contrary from the exterior society, to begin thinking in terms of heroes again, of love instead of hate, of energy instead of violence, of strength instead of cruelty, of action instead of reaction.” ThinkingMayActionHateEnergyTermViolenceHeroConceptsStonesContraryReactionsCrueltyRanSpiteTwinsNihilismIndicationDeanVelvetExteriorUnderstand MeVehementAntiheroesWild OneNobody Understands Me Author:Lester Bangs
“We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a world of make-belief, in a world of brutality, violence, despair, anxiety. To live humanly, sanely, one has to change.” WorldNeedsHumansLongBeliefEnergyHuman BeingsViolenceDespairAnxietyPsychologicalBrutality Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister energy of our country.” ChildrenCountryTogetherLawEnergyNaturalViolenceUnionsOppressionOur CountrySovietSoviet UnionNatural LawSinister Author:Vladimir Sorokin