“The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. Thats the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger.” KindDoneCan DoNovelViolenceWorstDangerFingersPsychologicalDamageLiftingOften IsBackdropDamage Is Done Author:Lisa Unger
“If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.” IfsGivingI CanProblemAmericaViolenceEconomicGive MeEducationalPsychologicalDomestic ViolenceCradleViolence Against Women Author:Salma Hayek
“We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a world of make-belief, in a world of brutality, violence, despair, anxiety. To live humanly, sanely, one has to change.” WorldNeedsHumansLongBeliefEnergyHuman BeingsViolenceDespairAnxietyPsychologicalBrutality Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us to accept the violence needed to ensure the maintenance of imperialist, future-oriented society.” FormAcceptingViolenceNeededPsychologicalDenialPsychicsMaintenance Author:Bell Hooks
“Violence generates more violence; hatred produces more hatred. Peace cannot be conquered. Peace cannot be the result of violence. Peace comes to us only when we dissolve the Ego, when we destroy within us all those psychological factors that produce war.” WarResultsViolenceProduceEgoHatredPsychologicalFactors Author:Samael Aun Weor
“In many instances violence - which obviously inflicts tremendous trauma on victims - also inflicts trauma on the perpetrator. Radical evil takes a lot of preparation, not just from an organizational point of view, but from brainwashing, psychological preparation and the legitimization of violence.” EvilViolenceVictimTraumaPoint Of ViewPsychologicalRadicalPreparationBrainwashingOrganizational Author:Payam Akhavan