Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.

Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!

In violence, we forget who we are.

Who sows fear, reaps weapons.

Answer a violent action with another action still more violent.

Violence breeds counter-violence.

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel, reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

You can't put out fire with fire.

Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence.

Violence does not resolve. It always leads to more violence.

I know if someone talked trash to me, I'd want to kick his butt.

Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.

You killed my Dad." Any trace of kindness or sympathy vanished from Rixon's eyes. "Well this is awkward.

I'm not a gangster, I'm not a thug.. I'm just me and if I feel like someone is trying to hurt me.. yeah I'm gonna hurt 'em.. if you come and you ain't coming right I'm gonna blow your head off.

The shackles and the chains, the violence and aggression, the pettiness and scorn, the jealousy and hatred, the tempest and discord.

You burn a man's pickup, and he's ready for war.

They are in a dilemma, they are in trouble now. Hate them and strike them.

The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression.

Violence stinks no matter which side of it you're on. But now and then there's nothing left to do but hit the other person over the head with a frying pan.

If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance, and hit him with a brick.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hey, you want to hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.

I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.