“[...] a morass of despair violence death with a thin layer of glass spread upon the surface where Love, a tiny crab with pincers and rainbow shell, walked delicately ever sideways but getting nowhere, while the sun [...] rose higher in the sky its tassels dropping with flame threatening every moment to melt the precarious highway of glass. And the people: giant pathworks of colour with limbs missing and parts of their mind snipped off to fit them into the outline of the free pattern.” PeopleMindMomentsSunViolenceSkyMissingHigherFitDespairRoseGlassesPatternsSpreadSurfaceTinyFlamesGiantsColourLayersRainbowShellsThreateningLimbsHighwaysDroppingOutlinesPrecariousSidewaysCrabsTassels Author:Janet Frame
“Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find no peace!” MenWorldHatePeaceSunViolenceHe ManMassShiningIgnorantShine OnIgnorant Masses Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“I have seen the sun with a little ray of distant light challenge all the powers of darkness, and without violence and noise, climbing up the hill, hath made night so retire that its memory was lost in the joys and sprightliness of the morning.” LittlesMadeLightJoyNightLostChallengesMemoriesMorningDarknessSunViolenceNoiseHillsClimbingRaysRetiringClimbing Up Author:Jeremy Taylor
“People stand themselves next to the righteous They believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides us To justify the violence they do But it is one, it is one One world spinning 'round the sun Wherever it is you call home Whatever country you come from It is one” PeopleWorldBelieveCountryHomeNextSpeakTermSunViolenceRoundsJustifyDividesRighteousSpinning Author:Jackson Browne
“When God made the planet, he made the plants, he made the animals, he made the Sun and the Moon, and he made us, and we're all interconnected, and when we disregard, disrespect, or damage any part of it, we do violence against creation.” MadeAnimalSunViolenceCreationPlanetsMoonPlantDamageDisrespectDisregardInterconnected Author:Naomi Oreskes
“There were various aspects of Sun Tzu's approach that appealed to Ho Chi Minh: a) to learn to understand both the enemy and yourself, to seek out his weaknesses and your own strengths, and act accordingly, b) to make ample use of subterfuge and stratagem in order to defeat or disarm your adversary, and c) to use outright violence only when absolutely necessary in the belief that political struggle was more effective than military struggle.” UsePoliticalOrderBeliefEnemyStruggleSunViolenceMilitaryApproachWeaknessAspectDefeatVariousAdversariesStratagemSubterfugePolitical Struggle Author:William J. Duiker
“Sun Tzu's ideas as expressed above had a profound effect on Ho Chi Minh, who sought to defeat both the French and the Americans without recourse to violence - or at least to conventional battle tactics.” IdeasSunViolenceEffectsBattleProfoundDefeatConventionalTacticsRecourse Author:William J. Duiker