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“The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence. The frenzy of our activity neutralizes our work for peace. It destroys our own inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of our own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes work fruitful.”

“To live... in any sense of the word... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence.”

Accepting Violence Oneself Rejection Rejects Renounce

Author:Emile M. Cioran

“I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match.”

Body Used Enjoy Violence Protect Moved Strategy Oneself Boxing Retreat Intrigued

Author:Nelson Mandela

“Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.”

Millions Violence Kings Twenties Oneself Secure Exposed Monarchs

Book:Mardi: And A Voyage Thither (Annotated Complete Edition)

Source: Mardi: And A Voyage Thither (Annotated Complete Edition)

“Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.”

People Trying Film Causes Existence Violence Dangerous Oneself Movie Shields

Author:Kathryn Bigelow

“Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an antiviolence movement has to go beyond opting for nonviolence in one's personal life. It calls for engaging in imaginative and forceful practices of nonviolent resistance to violence, including taking a stand toward entertainment violence.”

“All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding to violence with violence resolves nothing; it only escalates violence, anger and hatred. It is only with compassion that we can embrace and disintegrate violence. This is true in relationships between individuals as well as in relationships between nations.”

Wells Persons Individual Nations Compassion Violence Hatred Embrace Injustice Oneself Resolve Responding

Book:Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition