“Disgust is expressed by violence, and it is to be noted of our intellectual temper that violence is a quality which is felt to have a peculiarly intellectual sanction. Our preference, even as articulated by those who are most mild in their persons, is increasingly for the absolute and extreme, of which we feel violence to be the true sign. The gentlest of us will know that the tigers of wrath are to be preferred to the horses of instruction and will consider it intellectual cowardice to take into account what happens to those who ride tigers.” KnowsFeelsPersonsHappensFeltQualityViolenceIntellectualAccountsHorseAbsolutesExtremesTemperInstructionCowardiceDisgustingTigersPreferenceWrathSanctions Author:Lionel Trilling
“It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.” KnowsSoulViolenceMereCowardCowardiceRefuge Book:The Well Of Loneliness Source: The Well Of Loneliness
“The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.” DifficultViolenceDangerousTypeHabitTruth IsSubtleCowardCowardicePhysical Violence Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence” ChoicesViolenceCowardice Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was never a substitute for not doing anything, or for cowardice.” CountryValuesViolenceHigherIndiaSubstitutesCowardiceEmphasisPacifist Author:Subramanian Swamy