“...violence is anything an airplane can do to a cloud”

“I couldn't see him but I could hear him snoring softly, humming, like a little airplane lost in the clouds.”

“Those who abjure violence can only do so by others committing violence on their behalf.”

“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Hostility and violence doesn't solve anything. It solves everything.”