"Modern consumer life is a form of extreme passive violence against all people."

"We have been trained by a culture of violence and we are all agents of passive violence."

"We also self-inflict violence, because violence is our only way of relating to the world, to others and to ourselves."

"Control is violence; cooperation is friendship."

"All violence demands reform, and all violence desperately begs to be healed."

"We are all a part of a culture of violence that dominates every aspect of our lives."

"Since the human mind is the primary weapon of the human being, it is also therefore the primary and most significant instrument of violence."