People

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

~ Indira Gandhi

It is better

"It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence."

~Mahatma Ghandi

A rock pile

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man
contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”

- Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Moloch

Moloch who entered my soul early! Moloch in whom I am a consciousness without a body! Moloch who frightened me out of my natural ecstasy! Moloch whom I abandon! Wake up in Moloch! Light streaming out of the sky!

~Allen Ginsberg

I have

I have the
secret, I carry
Subversive Salami in My
ragged briefcase
Garlic, Poverty
a will to Heaven

~Allen Ginsberg

It has been said

"It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but it is never gone."

~Rose Kennedy

When a good man

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."

~Euripides

The ultimate choice

"The ultimate choice for a man, in as much as he is given to transcend himself, is to create or destroy, to love or to hate."

~Erich Fromm

I object

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent."

~Mahatma Gandhi

Murder is unique

"Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness."

~W.H. Auden

Evil is

"Evil is always unspectacular and always human. And shares our bed...and eats at our table."

~W.H. Auden

Who so sheddeth

"Who so sheddeth man's blood
by man shall his blood be shed."

~Genesis 9:6

Before

"Before you embark on a journey of revenge,
dig two graves."

~Confucius

There is no hunting

"There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough, and liked it, never really care for anything else."

~Ernest Hemingway

There are certain clues

"There are certain clues at a crime scene which by their very nature do not lend themselves to being collected or examined. How's one collect love, rage, hatred, fear...? These are things that we're trained to look for."

~James Reese Gideon, Criminal Minds

Hunting

“Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.”

~Paul Rodriguez

Of all the animals

"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one who inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."

~Mark Twain

In order for the light

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

~Sir Francis Bacon

The healthy man

"The healthy man does not torture others. Generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers."

~Carl Jung