“I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all a human one.” HumansViolenceMethodInstinctArtisticBarbarians Author:Maurice de Vlaminck
“The true cause of hatred and violence is faith versus faith, an outward expression of the ancient instinct of tribalism.” CausesViolenceExpressionHatredInstinctAncientVersusTribalism Author:Edward'O
“Ambivalence reaches the level of schizophrenia in our treatment of violence among the young. Parents do not encourage violence, but neither do they take up arms against the industries which encourage it. Parents hide their eyes from the books and comics, slasher films, videos and lyrics which form the texture of an adolescent culture. While all successful societies have inhibited instinct, ours encourages it. Or at least we profess ourselves powerless to interfere with it.” BookEyeFilmFormYoungCultureParentLevelsSuccessfulViolenceArmsIndustryInstinctVideoTreatmentInterfereAdolescencePowerlessTextureSchizophreniaAmbivalenceYoung Parents Author:C. Sommerville
“Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth.” HumansGovernmentEarthForceViolenceInstinctResistanceHuman ThoughtPersonification Book:Resist Not Evil Source: Resist Not Evil
“The maternal impulse in animals to protect their young - that kind of instinct and subsequent violence is quite beautiful. Mythic even.” KindBeautifulYoungAnimalViolenceProtectInstinctImpulse Author:Lidia Yuknavitch