“Parents' tolerance of violence is so different to their tolerance of sexuality. If violence is involved in the sexuality it's somehow perceived as entertainment, but if love is involved with sexuality it's seen as pornographic and is not acceptable.” IfsDifferentParentLove IsViolenceInvolvedEntertainmentSexualityToleranceAcceptable Author:Ryan Gosling
“Very often, the way love is defined, it does violence to both people. It almost makes them a slave to the other. For example, if to be in love, or to be married, it means that I'm responsible for the other person's happiness, now we get into this guilt game, where if they're upset, I'm at fault. Soon, that makes the person we are closest to about as much fun to be around as a prolonged dental appointment.” PeopleIfsWayMeanPersonsDoeGamesFunLove IsViolenceExampleCommunicationMarriedResponsibleGuiltFaultsSlaveDefinedUpsetClosestBeing MarriedNonviolent CommunicationAppointmentsDentalHappiness Now Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“My painting is not violent, it's life that is violent. Even within the most beautiful landscape, in the trees, under the leaves, the insects are eating each other; violence is a part of life. We are born with a scream; we come into life with a scream and maybe love is a mosquito net between the fear of living and the fear of death.” BeautifulBornLove IsViolenceTreePaintingEatingViolentLandscapeScreamInsectsFear Of DeathParts Of LifeMosquitoesMaybe LoveBeautiful Landscapes Author:Francis Bacon
“Love isn't blind. Love is reasonable. God is pure love, but He is also pure reason. If you separate reason from faith you'll end in violence. Either way, if you have a purely rationalistic scheme that is atheistic, for instance Communism was for social justice. Fascism was for the nation-state, which isn't automatically a bad thing.” IfsWayEndsStatesReasonNationsSocialJusticeLove IsViolencePureSocial JusticeBlindInstanceCommunismReasonableBad ThingsFascismSchemesAtheisticPure LoveBlind Love Author:Francis George
“Of these five vital principles, Love is the foremost. It is Love that flows as the under-current for the other four values. How does it flow this way? When Love is associated with our thoughts, it manifests itself as Truth. When Love is associated with feelings, it produces Peace. When Love animates actions, it results in Right Action. When Love is combined with understanding it becomes Non-violence. Therefore whenever you feel angry, think of love, develop thoughts of love in your heart. You will have peace.” ThinkingWayFeelsHeartDoeFeelingsActionValuesUnderstandingLove IsResultsPrinciplesFiveFourViolenceProduceFlowAngryCurrentsOur ThoughtsNon ViolenceRight Action Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Practise any one of the human values. Prema (love) is the basis for all the values. Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred.” ThinkingHumansActionValuesSpeakUnderstandingLove IsResultsViolenceHatredBasesPrimariesNon ViolencePractiseHuman ValuesRight Conduct Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Doctors should recognise the importance of the five human values; Truth, righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Love is the basis for all the other values. Doctors can infuse courage in patients by the love they show towards the patients. If doctors carry out their duties with love they will be crowned with success.” IfsShouldHumansShowsValuesLove IsFiveViolenceDutyDoctorsImportanceBasesPatientRighteousnessRecogniseNon ViolenceHuman ValuesPeace Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“At the present moment, in the prevailing situation, what is most essential is the cultivation of love. Losing love mankind has lost its humanness. Love is the Supreme human value. Truth, righteousness, peace and non-violence are other human values. Knowing these values, men are foolishly leading valueless lives.” MenHumansMomentsValuesLostLove IsSituationKnowingViolenceMankindEssentialsLosingSupremePresent MomentRighteousnessNon ViolencePrevailingCultivationHuman ValuesHumannessValuelessLosing Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the one than the other, either as to its violence or duration.” Love IsViolenceComparisonFeverTruestDuration Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Love is basic for the birth of a true society, while violence has in it the essence of anti-sociality. Love is positive, is eternal: violence is degeneracy, it is it's own destruction.” Love IsViolenceBirthEternalDestructionEssence Book:The Religion of Jesus Source: The Religion of Jesus