Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.

Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.

Nonviolence doesn't always work -- but violence never does.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs read more

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs 10:11).

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which read more

They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

Violence does even justice unjustly.

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture read more

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, read more

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars