“I believe the printed word is more than sacred Beyond the gauge of good or bad The human right to let your soul fly free and naked Above the violence of the fearful and sad” BelieveHumansSoulI BelieveViolenceSacredNakedYour SoulFearfulPrintedGaugesPrinted Word Author:Andy Partridge
“Poetry has always mattered, through human history, through all kinds of cultures, all kinds of violence and human desolation, as well as periods of great human affirmation. It's been associated with the power of the word, with the sacred, with magic and transformation, with the oral narratives that help a people cohere.” PeopleHumansWellsKindHelpingCultureViolenceMagicPeriodsTransformationSacredAll KindsNarrativeAffirmationHuman HistoryDesolation Author:Adrienne Rich
“Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them.” MenCulturePeacePracticeViolenceActivityStandardsPoliceSacredMalesRecognitionAdmirationSpheresHeroicProvenMasculinityOutlaw Book:Pornography: men possessing women Source: Pornography: men possessing women
“For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but he warns us against the commission of those beings which are esteemed lawful among men....Therefore, with regard to this precept of God, there ought to be no exception at all, but that it is always unlawful to put to death a man, whom God willed to be a sacred animal.” MenLawAnimalViolenceOughtRegardSacredGods WillExceptionUnlawful Author:Lactantius
“How can it be that the most wonderous and sacred human space - the womb - has become a place of unutterable violence?” HumansInspirationFaithSpaceViolenceSacredChristian InspirationalWomb Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Robert Spencer, a prolific anti-Islam writer and a leading Islamophobe who is bent on distorting Islam and demonizing Muslims, has persistently argued that violence and terrorism employed by Muslim extremists is rooted in the Quran and its message. Spencer calls the Quran, a book sacred to Muslim, 'the jihadists' Mein Kampf,' in reference to Hitler's memoir.” BookViolenceMessagesSacredIslamTerrorismMemoirRootedBentEmployedExtremistQuranMein KampfAnti IslamMuslim Extremists Author:Louay M. Safi
“All marriages are sacred, but not all are safe.” ViolenceSafeSacredDomestic Violence Author:Rob Jackson
“This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven, has never forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of Go has seemed to be endangered by the violence of heresy spread abroad, or by an intolerable moral corruption, or by the attacks of powerful enemies. Ancient and modern history and the more sacred annals of the Church bears witness to public and private supplications addressed to the Mother of God, to help She has granted in return, and to the peace and tranquillity which She has obtained from God.” HelpingMotherHeavenChurchPowerfulMoralEnemyViolenceModernReturnBearsSacredAncientCorruptionSpreadDevotionWitnessGrantedQueensHeresyAugustMilitantTranquillitySupplicationModern HistoryMoral Corruption Author:Pope Leo X
“Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While it requires sacrificial service, it is not a call to martyrdom. In many cases of domestic violence, a therapeutic separation is necessary to gain safety and direct attention to the gravity of the need for change.” PeopleNeedsTwoAttentionCasesViolenceLoversGainsDirectAbuseSafetySacredCommittedSeparationGravityDomestic ViolenceNeed A ChangeMartyrdomHostageTherapeutic Author:Rob Jackson
“In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.” BeliefReligiousViolenceTeachingSacredIntolerancePreachingReligious IntoleranceDrapes Author:Hillary Clinton