Root out the violence in your life.
and learn to live compassionately
and mindfully. Seek peace. When
you have peace within, real peace
with other is possible.

---Thich Nihat Hanh

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I object to violence because it appears
to do good, the good is only temporary;
the Evil it does is permanent.

----M. K. Gandhi.


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Returning violence for violence multiplies
violence, adding deeper darkness to a
night already devoid of stars...
Hate can not drive out hate: only love
can do that. Love begets love.

----Martin Luther King. Jr.