“Hence when a person is in great pain, the cause of which he cannot remove, he sets his teeth firmly together, or bites some substance between them with great vehemence, as another mode of violent exertion to produce a temporary relief. Thus we have the proverb where no help can be has in pain, 'to grin and abide;' and the tortures of hell are said to be attended with 'gnashing of teeth.'Describing a suggestion of the origin of the grin in the present form of a proverb, 'to grin and bear it.'” PersonsSaidHelpingPainTogetherFormCausesHellProduceBearsViolentTeethSubstanceTortureReliefRemoveTemporaryBitesSuggestionsDescribingExertionVehemenceTemporary Relief Book:Zoonomia Source: Zoonomia
“A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.” ShouldActionProduceEndureViolentReactionsOpponentsNonviolenceThoughts And Words Book:The Indian States' Problem Source: The Indian States' Problem
“All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy.” FeelingsLiteratureEffectsProduceJudgingViolentImpressionPatheticFake PeopleFallacyFalseness Book:Selections and Essays Source: Selections and Essays
“The purpose of terrorism lies not just in the violent act itself. It is in producing terror. It sets out to inflame, to divide, to produce consequences which they then use to justify further terror.” UseLyingPurposeProduceConsequenceTerrorTerrorismViolentJustifyDividesActs Of TerrorViolent Acts Author:Tony Blair