“When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.” FeelsCreaturesHarmCeaseLiving CreaturesSteadfastYour PresenceAbstention Author:Patanjali
“Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems. Books can, for example, give you ideas. I don't know if you've ever had an idea before, but, if you have, you know how much trouble an idea can get you into.” IfsKnowsGivingKindBookIdeasProblemCausesKnow HowTroubleExampleHarmAll Kinds Author:Pseudonymous Bosch
“In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you. If you insist on fulfillment in your work and perfection in achievement, you will become either inwardly deranged or outwardly unsettled.” IfsSpiritCreationAchievementPerfectionHarmGhostFulfillmentTaoismResentDerangedIncompletenessResent You Author:Zicheng Hong
“Delicious foods are drugs that will inflame the gut and rot the bones, but there is no harm if one eats moderately. Delightful things are all purveyors of destruction and decadence, but there is no regret if one enjoys them moderately.” IfsEnjoyRegretDrugDestructionBonesHarmGutsTaoismDelightfulDeliciousNo RegretsDecadenceDelicious FoodDelightful Things Author:Zicheng Hong
“We must never violate principles. We must never initiate violence. And we should never harm the innocent. But at some point, unless governments back off, we have to stop being nice.” ShouldGovernmentPoliticalPrinciplesNiceViolenceRevolutionHarmInnocentBeing NiceInitiate Author:Claire Wolfe
“The greatest right of a civilized person is to be left alone, unless he does harm to others or is threatening to do harm to himself.” PersonsDoeLeftHarmCivil RightsCivilizedThreateningLeft Alone Author:Arthur Goldberg
“I was never presented with the details as far as the collective bargaining system is Greece. I am in favor of a normal system without giving the labour minister the right to extend the results to extend the result of the collective bargaining to the whole of the real economy. The government has to make sure that the results will not harm the situation of small and medium enterprises.” GivingRealWholeGovernmentResultsSituationEconomyNormalDetailsHarmFavorsMediumsMinistersEnterpriseLabourCollectivesGreeceBargainingCollective Bargaining Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“Penalizing homosexuals does not save any innocent victims. The idea that God and the Church accept these people while they are celibate; and then if they go off and do something with someone else and both derive joy from it without any apparent harm to anyone else, the Church excommunicates them - that, to me, is bizarre.” PeopleIfsDoeIdeasJoyChurchAcceptingVictimHarmInnocentHomosexualBizarreInnocent Victims Author:Andrew Solomon
“I understand why there would be prohibitions on straying from monogamy because of the harm that it does not only to the person who is betrayed, but also to the person who is betraying. "Betray" is a sort of shorthand for what happens.” PersonsDoeHappensWould BeHarmBetrayBetrayedProhibitionMonogamyShorthand Author:Andrew Solomon
“If you are married and you go off and have an affair with someone, if you are a husband who does that, it may potentially hurt your wife enormously. But it seems to me likely also to compromise your marriage. That seems to me to be a harm.” IfsMayDoeSeemsHurtWifeHusbandMarriedAffairHarmCompromise Author:Andrew Solomon
“There may be some who wish that he would have taken the occasion to first comment on the Brexit vote, but they're not going to abandon him. They're not gonna let the media do it. Romney people? The media could separate his supporters from him, but they can't from Trump. They don't understand this yet. They think one of these times when they do a trick like this it's gonna work and they're gonna be able to really harm [Donald] Trump.” PeopleThinkingFirstsMayAbleWishTakenMediaTrumpVoteHarmTricksOccasionsAbandonCommentSupporterRomney Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I don't see any harm in brining an instrument into the church itself.” ChurchInstrumentsHarm Author:Ralph Stanley
“So much of what a pet is about for us is that it becomes a vessel for yearnings, dreams, illusions, hopes and so forth. It's a projection of the ultimate innocence and purity. That's why it's hard to see a dog in its dogness. That's why, when some harm comes to a dog, it's much harder for an audience to deal with that, more so than dealing with harm that comes to a child or anything human.” HumansChildrenHardDreamDealsAudienceDogIllusionUltimateHarderHarmInnocencePurityPetYearningVesselProjection Author:Todd Solondz
“If it were possible to live without causing harm to any living being at all, then indeed we might well choose not to eat carrots or other vegetables. But that is not possible - merely by being alive, we necessarily cause harm to many, many beings: we step on them inadvertently, we breathe them in without noticing, we kill them when we brush our teeth or wash our bodies, etc.” IfsWellsBodyMightCausesStepsAliveBreatheHarmTeethEtcVegetablesBrushesNoticingCarrots Author:Sharon Gannon
“The best we can do is strive to minimize the amount of harm we cause by living. We need to eat in order to live, and there is no moral or ethical code that dictates that we should refrain from eating and allow ourselves to die for some higher purpose.” NeedsShouldPurposeOrderDiesCausesCan DoMoralAmountHigherEatingStriveHarmCodeEthicalRefrainHigher Purpose Author:Sharon Gannon
“Most of the plants grown to be fed to farm animals are heavily saturated with pesticides and herbicides and have been genetically modified, all of which contributes to the pollution and destruction of our environment, which harms us all.” Has BeensAnimalEnvironmentDestructionPlantHarmFedsFarmsPollutionOur EnvironmentSaturatedPesticidesGenetically ModifiedHerbicides Author:Sharon Gannon
“If we want to consider the sanctity of life in deciding what to eat, the choice is clear. Eating a plant based diet causes less harm, to ourselves, to the other animals, to the planet.” IfsWantChoicesCausesAnimalClearPlanetsEatingPlantHarmDietsSanctityPlant Based DietSanctity Of Life Author:Sharon Gannon
“I think that artists and musicians can do as much harm as good for causes if they tie their names to lots of things, especially if they aren't really doing much to meaningfully push their causes forward.” IfsThinkingArtistNamesCausesCan DoMusicianHarmTies Author:Damian Kulash
“We have to create more and more vegetarians, and help people to understand that it is not only the suffering of the animals (which is what made me vegetarian) but also the incredible harm to the environment, the tremendous amount of greenhouse gas created by the whole vast machinery of intensive animal farming.” PeopleMadeWholeHelpingSufferingAnimalEnvironmentAmountIncrediblesHarmGasVegetarianMachineryFarmingGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Jane Goodall
“According to the yoga tradition, fear is the source of disease, decay - physical harm, when we're not thriving. And then finally, it's even the cause of death.” CausesSourceDiseaseYogaTraditionHarmDecay Author:Rod Stryker
“The Republicans or conservatives always, when it comes to judging, when it comes to legalities, always try to do the right thing even if it harms their interests.” IfsTryingInterestJudgingRepublicanHarmRight ThingLegality Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I would say that during the time that I was 14 and pregnant - I didn't even know what pregnancy was when I got pregnant - I was trying to do everything I could to harm myself. I said to God, "God, if you want me to die, then you're going to have to kill me".” IfsKnowsWantTryingSaidDiesHarmPregnancyWant MePregnantKill MeYou Want MeIf You Want Me Author:Oprah Winfrey
“It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell, said: ''What difference, at this point, does it make?''” WayDoeSaidLeftDifferencesFourClintonHarmBenghazi Author:Mike Pence
“There are many times when I have to remind myself that people who harm others are coming from a place of profound disconnection. It is not easy to recognize the pain such a person is in, especially because they may not be conscious of it themselves. They may present themselves to the world as just fine. If you believe human beings have a potential for deep connection, wisdom and love; the limitation in those peoples' lives becomes clearer.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveHumansMayPersonsPainEasyHuman BeingsFineConsciousConnectionsAnd LoveProfoundHarmLimitationIf You BelieveDisconnectionDeep Connections Author:Sharon Salzberg
“The fossil-fuel-based development model has not benefitted all people and those who have benefitted least are now suffering great harm in the face of climate change.” PeopleFacesSufferingDevelopmentModelsClimateClimate ChangeHarmFuelFossilsFossil Fuel Author:Mary Robinson
“It's true, harm to Catholics must always be avoided, and all of us do this...but not at the price of the truth!” CatholicHarmAvoided Author:Pope Francis
“Animals should have rights and should be treated with compassion and empathy; we are their caretakers. If you don't have it in your heart to help them, then just leave them alone and do no harm.” IfsShouldHeartHelpingAnimalCompassionRightsEmpathyShould HaveHarmTreatedCaretakersCompassion And Empathy Author:Katie Cleary
“My go-to default is to try to be nice, which I feel does less harm in the long run than trying to be, say, assertive. If I am nice and maybe too passive, I find that easier to live with.” IfsFeelsTryingLongDoeRunningNiceEasierHarmLong RunsPassiveBeing NiceDefaultAssertive Author:George Saunders
“Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by the decline of the prices for energy. We suffer dangerous revenue losses in our export of oil and gas, which we can partly compensate for elsewhere. But the whole thing also has a positive side: if you earn so many petrodollars - as we once did - that you can buy anything abroad, this slows down developments in your own country.” IfsCountryWholeSufferingEnergySidesLossDangerousPossibilityDevelopmentFinancialInternationalHarmOilRussiaGasElsewhereDeclineSlow DownRevenueSanctionsFinancial MarketsOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin
“When the devil looks at a man who sincerely desires not to sin, he is not so unintelligent as to suggest to him (as he would to a hardened sinner) that he go and commit fornication or go and steal. He knows we do not want that and he does not set out to tell us something we do not want to hear; but he finds out that little bit of self-will or self-righteousness and through that, with the appearance of well doing, he will do us harm.” KnowsMenWantWellsLooksLittlesDoeSelfChristianDesireBitsSinLittle BitDevilAppearanceHarmStealingCommitSinnerOrthodoxRighteousnessSincerelyOrthodox ChristianHardenedSelf RighteousnessSelf WillUnintelligent Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“If one of you sees, sometime, something unedifying and so much as goes on to pass it on and put it into the heart of another brother, in doing so you not only harm yourself but you harm your brother by putting one more little bit of knavery into his heart. Even if that brother has his mind set on prayer or some other noble activity, and the first arrives and furnishes him with something to prate about, he not only impedes what he ought to be doing, but brings a temptation on him. There is nothing graver or more deadly than this doing harm, not only to himself but also to his neighbor.” IfsMindFirstsHeartLittlesChristianBitsPrayerBrotherGoes OnOughtActivityLittle BitHarmNobleNeighborTemptationOrthodoxOrthodox ChristianYour BrotherMind SetKnavery Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.” HappensTurnsHappenedDetermineHarmClock Author:Paul Kagame
“To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of. And a realistic chance for success depends upon having the Iraqis with the will and the ability to fulfill their share of the bargain, and so far they have not.” WayChanceAbilityShareDependsHarmFavorsRealisticBargainsPersonnel Author:Arlen Specter
“It's a shame that people are resisting vetting programs that would actually just keep out those who want to do us harm.” PeopleWantProgramShameHarmResisting Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Leaders of nations, and people whose wealth or fame gives them power over the lives of others quite often do more harm than good.” PeopleGivingNationsWealthLeaderFameHarmLives Of Others Author:Allen W. Wood
“Morality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some delusions and rationalisations about what harms are good for people themselves (prison punishment, hysterectomies for unhappy 1950s wives); and readjusted our for-the-good of others criteria so as to demand only reasonable sacrifices (ceasing to use children as handy chimney sweeps).” PeopleChildrenMadeUsePastAnimalSawsWifeProgressSacrificeMoralityDemandPrisonHarmPunishmentUnhappyReasonableDelusionCategoriesCriteriaHandyInfidelChimneysHysterectomyChimney Sweeps Author:Catherine Wilson
“There is no single test or formula for producing moral progress anymore than there is for generating scientific truths. It is a process involving theoreticians, fact-gatherers, protestors, martyrs for the cause, authors of first- person narratives who change the way we see and evaluate the distribution of harms and benefits.” WayFirstsPersonsFactsCausesProcessMoralProgressBenefitsTestsHarmNarrativeFormulasDistributionMartyrEvaluateInvolvingFirst PersonScientific Truth Author:Catherine Wilson
“I will be as careful as I can in making the most significant decisions any president and commander-in-chief can make about sending our men and women into harm's way.” MenWayI CanPresidentDecisionMen And WomenCarefulHarmSignificantChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“Right now - and this is something Donald [Trump] has supported, along with the gun lobby - right now, we've got too many military- style weapons on the streets. In a lot of places, our police are outgunned. We need comprehensive background checks, and we need to keep guns out of the hands of those who will do harm.” NeedsHandsStreetsMilitaryStyleTrumpRight NowWeaponsGunPoliceHarmBackgroundsChecksComprehensiveBackground Checks Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think that - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid actions that can harm innocent people.” PeopleThinkingHumansActionHuman BeingsResponsibilityHarmInnocentJournalistEthical Author:Glenn Greenwald
“For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.” PeopleFeelsStoriesForgivingSorryHarmGod Forgives Author:Mother Teresa
“These folks are telling Donald Trump that if he tries to move out on his plan to have a deportation squad, to harm Americans, and if he does - and if he has - he tries to do that, we're going to be there to stand and say no. We don't - we oppose his misogyny. We oppose his picking on people of different ethnic and religious groups.” PeopleIfsTryingDoeDifferentMovingReligiousPlansGroupsTrumpFolksHarmMisogynySquadDeportation Author:Keith Ellison
“Climate change is a reality and if left unchecked, rising ocean tides will harm Georgia's Atlantic coast and threaten our state's robust tourism and shipping industries.” IfsStatesRealityLeftIndustryOceanClimateClimate ChangeHarmRisingTidesCoastGeorgiaTourismRobustShipping Author:James L. Barksdale
“I'm not guaranteeing what we come up with will be better for the planet. There is ethanol, for instance, which actually nets out with more pollution at greater expense, and more harm to the environment than petroleum, but we'll come up with something.” EnvironmentGreaterPlanetsCome UpHarmInstanceExpensesPollutionPetroleumEthanol Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“I feel a special kinship with our military personnel, veterans, and their families. After all, two of my decisions sent them into harm's way.” WayFeelsTwoDecisionSpecialMilitaryHarmVeteranKinshipPersonnelMilitary Personnel Author:George W. Bush
“There are actual communication systems being built to enable eye surgeons to get inside the eye, and vascular surgeons to get inside the arteries. You could see a social reaction in which people would want to regulate this technology because they are threatened by it, and thereby cause a lot of harm. There are several scenarios that are happening at once. The other scenario is that the Japanese are going for this in a big way.” PeopleWayWantBigsEyeSocialCausesTechnologyCommunicationHappeningsBuiltHarmReactionsThreatenedScenariosSurgeonsArteries Author:Howard Rheingold
“I think there is little harm in venting here and there about things, as we are all human, and it is good to express emotions.” ThinkingHumansLittlesEmotionHarmHere And ThereVenting Author:Michelle Gielan