“There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny.  You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.”
~William Hazlitt

“Violence is the last resort of the incompetent.”
~The Foundation, by Isaac Asimov

Raising your voice does not reinforce your argument.

“Hate is the consequence of fear.  We fear something before we hate it.  A boy who fears clowns becomes a man who hates clowns.”
~Cyril Connolly, British critic (1903-1974)

Anybody can become angry-that is easy.
But to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way.  That is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”
~Aristotle

“No human creature can give orders to love.”
~George Sand, French author (1804-1876)

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
~Carl W. Buechner

“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
~Andre Gide

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”
~Sigmund Freud

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
~Theodore M. Hesburgh

“You can discover what your enemy fears the most by observing the things he uses to frighten you.”
~Eric Hoffer

“When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry.”
~Thomas Chandler Haliburton
(1796 – 1865) Nova Scotian humorist

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process
he does not become a monster. And when you look long into
an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, (1885-86)

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

“I’m starting to get over the urge to kill somebody,”
~A.DiFranco, from the song “Out of Range”