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

“The passive and overt violence waged against the women and children of the world must end.”

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

“Even extreme grief may ultimately ventitself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy”

“You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan.”

“We must realize that violence is not confined to physical violence. Fear is violence, caste discrimination is violence, exploitation of others, however subtle, is violence, segregation is violence, thinking ill of others and condemning others are violence. In order to reduce individual acts of physical violence, we must work to eliminate violence at all levels, mental, verbal, personal, and social, including violence to animals, plants, and all other forms of life.”