“To the ideal of high consumption and the downgrading of spiritual values corresponds a conception of injustice that centers exclusively on the problem of consumption; and equality in consumption cannot be achieved except by violence.” ProblemSpiritualValuesViolenceIdealsInjusticeConceptionConsumptionConsumerismOverconsumptionSpiritual ValuesDowngrading Author:Jacques Ellul
“Conflicts and factions, violence and upheavals are caused by the neglect of human values in daily life.” HumansValuesViolenceConflictDaily LifeNeglectFactionsHuman ValuesUpheaval Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The fundamentalist violence is, so is it, an attempt to increase the stakes, i.e. to discourage the potential desertions by showing that defection will cost them dear, that those who adopt other values will be persecuted or even killed.” ValuesViolenceCostIncreaseDearStakesDiscouragingFundamentalistPersecutedDesertion Author:Pascal Boyer
“What I think we need to do is infuse everyday and every action with the kind of values we hope will be in the future, with kindness, with nurturing, with dreams, ambition, using your talents, not resorting to violence, other forms of conflict resolution, with humor, with poetry, with music.” ThinkingNeedsKindDreamActionFormValuesKindnessViolenceTalentConflictAmbitionEverydayResolutionNurturingConflict ResolutionUsing Your Talents Author:Gloria Steinem
“One simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian, because one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.” TryingHumansActionValuesViolenceBecomingMortalsDamageBarbariansHuman Values Author:J. William Fulbright
“There is a tendency under capitalism system to reduce everything to a kind of commodity fetish, and this order tends to promote extremely conventional and uniform expressions of gender and sexuality in order to promote certain products and lifestyle choices that are commercialized. This necessarily entails a capitulation to heteronormativity, or in the case of the new gay movement, a "homonormativity" that doesn't stray far from the heterosexual paradigm. Anyone who questions these normative values and conventions is subject to disapproval, hostility, or even violence.” KindCertainValuesOrderChoicesCasesViolenceSubjectsMovementExpressionProductsGayCapitalismGenderSexualityLifestyleTendenciesConventionsConventionalUniformsCommodityHostilityParadigmFetishDisapprovalCapitulationLifestyle ChoicesGender And Sexuality Author:Bruce LaBruce
“I do find violence entertaining, but that doesn't make me a bad person. I grew up watching all these action films when I was a kid. My dad would bring back 'Rambo' and whatever, and we'd watch it together. It's not affected me in any way other than I just appreciate the entertainment value of violence on film.” WayPersonsKidsActionTogetherFilmValuesWatchesViolenceGrewDadGrew UpAppreciateMy DadEntertainmentAffectedEntertainingAction FilmsRambo Author:Scott Adkins
“The time has also come to recognize the painful truth that traditional Judeo-Christian moral values of pain and pleasure in human relationships have contributed substantially to child abuse and to the prevalence of physical violence in Western civilization.... The religious system upon which our culture is based holds that pain, suffering and deprivation are moral and necessary to save one's soul and make one a 'good person.' The crucifixion and scourging of Christ are examples.” HumansChildrenPersonsSoulChristianPainSufferingValuesCultureChristReligiousPleasureMoralViolenceExampleCivilizationAbuseWesternPainfulScaryTraditionalChild AbuseGood PersonHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsDeprivationWestern CivilizationCrucifixionPain And PleasureMoral ValuesPhysical ViolencePain SufferingPainful Truth Author:James W. Prescott
“There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at all, unless you want the thrill of hearing the sound of the actual individual gunshot that might have killed a 7 year-old.” WantYearsRealityMightValuesPoliticsIndividualSoundCommunityJusticeViolencePolicyNewsEthicsHuman RightsHearingTerrorismIdeologyTapeFree SpeechThrillCivilityAudioGunshots Author:Rachel Maddow
“Hannah Arendt in her study of totalitarianism borrowed from Immanuel Kant the concept of radical evil, of evil that's so evil that in the end it destroys itself, it's so committed to evil and it's so committed to hatred and cruelty that it becomes suicidal. My definition of it is the surplus value that's generated by totalitarianism. It means you do more violence, more cruelty than you absolutely have to to stay in power.” MeanEndsValuesEvilStudyViolenceConceptsHatredDefinitionsCommittedCrueltyRadicalSuicidalTotalitarianismBorrowedSurplus Author:Christopher Hitchens
“I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.” NeedsFirstsHas BeensProblemCertainValuesForceRightsViolencePerspectiveOvercomingAgreeSolveSeedsPracticalsOccasionsWelfareExpenses Author:Dalai Lama
“Friends that I value most are people who would essentially use physical violence against me at a time when I seem to be teetering on the edge.” PeopleUseSeemsValuesViolenceEdgesPhysical Violence Author:Ezra Miller
“...instead of giving a rifle to somebody, build a school; instead of giving a rifle, build a community with adequate services. Instead of giving a rifle, develop an educational system that is not about conflict and violence, but one that promotes respect for values, for life, and respect for one's elders. This requires a huge investment. Yet if we can invest in a different vision of peaceful coexistence, I think we can change the world, because every problem has a nonviolent answer.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingDifferentProblemSchoolValuesCommunityAnswersVisionViolenceHugeConflictInvestmentEducationalPeacefulChanging The WorldAdequateEldersRiflesEducational SystemCoexistencePeaceful Coexistence Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“Whoever tries to understand the Human Values of Truth, Righteous conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence properly, who practises these values and propagates them with zeal and sincerity can alone be described as a truly educated person.” TryingHumansPersonsValuesViolenceEducatedSincerityRighteousZealNon ViolencePractiseHuman ValuesPeace LoveEducated Person Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The enumeration of human values as five - Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence is not correct. They are all facets of the foundational humanness. They grow together; they are absence of Inner conflicts. How can one have peace when he revels in violence of speach and action?” HumansActionTogetherValuesGrowsFiveViolenceConflictAbsenceRighteousnessNon ViolenceFacetsHuman ValuesHumannessPeace LoveInner Conflict Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence.” MenValuesViolenceBreathsRighteousnessCherishNon ViolencePeace Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Of these five vital principles, Love is the foremost. It is Love that flows as the under-current for the other four values. How does it flow this way? When Love is associated with our thoughts, it manifests itself as Truth. When Love is associated with feelings, it produces Peace. When Love animates actions, it results in Right Action. When Love is combined with understanding it becomes Non-violence. Therefore whenever you feel angry, think of love, develop thoughts of love in your heart. You will have peace.” ThinkingWayFeelsHeartDoeFeelingsActionValuesUnderstandingLove IsResultsPrinciplesFiveFourViolenceProduceFlowAngryCurrentsOur ThoughtsNon ViolenceRight Action Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The sincere effort to accept and promote the human values - Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Non-Violence and Love. These five values are a essential for a full and worthwhile life as the five vital airs or pranas mentioned in the scriptures.” HumansValuesEffortAcceptingFiveViolenceAirEssentialsAnd LoveScriptureSincereWorthwhileNon ViolenceHuman ValuesPranaRight Conduct Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Practise any one of the human values. Prema (love) is the basis for all the values. Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred.” ThinkingHumansActionValuesSpeakUnderstandingLove IsResultsViolenceHatredBasesPrimariesNon ViolencePractiseHuman ValuesRight Conduct Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Doctors should recognise the importance of the five human values; Truth, righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Love is the basis for all the other values. Doctors can infuse courage in patients by the love they show towards the patients. If doctors carry out their duties with love they will be crowned with success.” IfsShouldHumansShowsValuesLove IsFiveViolenceDutyDoctorsImportanceBasesPatientRighteousnessRecogniseNon ViolenceHuman ValuesPeace Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“At the present moment, in the prevailing situation, what is most essential is the cultivation of love. Losing love mankind has lost its humanness. Love is the Supreme human value. Truth, righteousness, peace and non-violence are other human values. Knowing these values, men are foolishly leading valueless lives.” MenHumansMomentsValuesLostLove IsSituationKnowingViolenceMankindEssentialsLosingSupremePresent MomentRighteousnessNon ViolencePrevailingCultivationHuman ValuesHumannessValuelessLosing Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“When you get to the fourth, fifth and sixth years of a show, it's really good to have held back, so that you have somewhere to go. That also applies to levels of violence, levels of humor, levels of production value.” YearsShowsValuesLevelsViolenceProductionsFourthFifth Author:Bruno Heller
“Much of the violence that humanity suffers in our times is rooted inmisunderstanding as well as in the rejection of the values and identityof foreign cultures. Tourism improves relationships between individualsand peoples; when they are cordial, respectful, and based on solidarity theyconstitute, as it were, an open door to peace and harmonious coexistence” WellsSufferingValuesHumanityCultureViolenceDoorsOur TimeRejectionRootedSolidarityRespectfulHarmoniousTourismCoexistenceForeign Culture Author:Pope John Paul II
“I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America.” PeopleWorldWantStatesLightAmericaValuesUnitedUnited StatesViolenceTerrorHarmAround The WorldShakesResolveUnited States Of AmericaActs Of ViolenceActs Of Terror Author:Barack Obama
“Muslim leaders around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like ISIL and al Qaeda promote. To speak out against not just acts of violence, but also those interpretations of Islam that are incompatible with the values of religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity.” HumansValuesSpeakReligiousLeaderViolenceGroupsDignityIslamToleranceIdeologyRejectsMutualInterpretationAlsGlobesHatefulAl QaedaSpeaks OutHuman DignityMutual RespectReligious ToleranceActs Of ViolenceIsil Author:Barack Obama
“I hated Shallow Grave, that movie made me angry. And I hated Happiness. I generally hate movies that use extreme violence or gratuitous shock value in place of having a heart. For example: movies that combine extremely sadistic violence with humor I find offensive.” HeartMadeUseValuesHateViolenceExampleI HateAngryExtremesGravesHatedShockOffensiveShallowSadisticShock Value Author:Jesse Michaels
“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
“President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against black people in Chicago is reflective of Mr. Emmanuel's values.” PeopleValuesChoicesBlackPresidentViolencePoliceChiefsBarackChicagoBlack PeopleStaffPresident Barack ObamaQuestionableEmmanuelPolice ViolenceChief Of Staff Author:Julianne Malveaux
“One even tries to figure out why Donald Trump is so admiring of a leader who has cracked down on journalists and is suspected of using even violence, cracked down on civil society, ruling with an iron fist within Russia. To look with admiration on that sort of domestic leadership, I think is just really inconsistent with American values.” ThinkingTryingValuesLeaderViolenceJournalistAdmirationCivil SocietyInconsistentAdmiringAmerican Values Author:Philip Gordon
“Americans give you the violence, Europeans give you the sex. I think people have been saying that since the 70s. And I think it's kind of pathetic that Americans are still stuck - on the shock value of violence, when sex is such a natural thing for everybody.” PeopleThinkingGivingKindValuesNaturalViolenceStuckPathetic Author:Sasha Grey