"The reason that I think it is a waste of time to engage in moral value judgements about people's violence, is because it doesn't advance by one iota our understanding of either the causes or the prevention of the violent behaviour."

-- James Gilligan

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.”

Source : Bret Easton Ellis (2010). “Lunar Park”, p.204, Pan Macmillan
“Our elders say that an elephant does not find its own trunk heavy.”

Source : Zakes Mda (2007). “Ways of Dying: A Novel”, p.168, Macmillan
“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”

Source : Patty Duke (2010). “Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness”, p.287, Bantam
“These are the kind of things I always zero in. When I was in Rwanda, it was the same thing. You're always zeroing in those details. Not just always the bodies, but what makes up the human being.”
“All of a sudden, you have this newborn you have no training for. It's frightening.”

Source : "Moynahan Feared Motherhood" by wenn.com, June 5, 2008.
“How many people ever get a chance to do something that they really believe in?”
“I am not proud of the King of Bahrain, in whose name people have been killed.”
“when I was younger I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation. In the book, that's how all the sports helped me in my strategies for football and life.”

Source : "Bengals LB Jones proves to be a true Renaissance man". Interview with Michael Fabiano, www.nfl.com. May 17, 2011.

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