Harm Quotes
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![bell hooks](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1661989440i/10697._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
![Pseudonymous Bosch](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1544649727i/543080._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.”
― The Name of This Book Is Secret
― The Name of This Book Is Secret
“Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion.”
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![Gillian Flynn](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232123231i/2383._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.”
― Gone Girl
― Gone Girl
![Carrie Jones](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1233874092i/345630._UX200_CR0,45,200,200_.jpg)
“You know, life fractures us all into little pieces. It harms us, but it's how we glue those fractures back together that make us stronger.”
― Entice
― Entice
![Oscar Wilde](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1673611182i/3565._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.”
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![Voltaire](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1393683411i/5754446._UX200_CR0,12,200,200_.jpg)
“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
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![John Stuart Mill](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1542512885i/57651._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. These are good reasons for remonstrating with him, or reasoning with him, or persuading him, or entreating him, but not for compelling him, or visiting him with any evil, in case he do otherwise. To justify that, the conduct from which it is desired to deter him must be calculated to produce evil to someone else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty
![Vera Nazarian](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1561930653i/186145._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.”
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
― The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
![Andrzej Sapkowski](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1241014902i/38569._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“Why should I give up revenge? On behalf of what? Moral principles? And what of the higher order of things, in which evil deeds are punished? For you, a philosopher and ethicist, an act of revenge is bad, disgraceful, unethical and illegal. But I ask: where is the punishment for evil? Who has it and grants access? The Gods, in which you do not believe? The great demiurge-creator, which you decided to replace the gods with? Or maybe the law? [...] I know what evil is afraid of. Not your ethics, Vysogota, not your preaching or moral treaties on the life of dignity. Evil is afraid of pain, mutilation, suffering and at the end of the day, death! The dog howls when it is badly wounded! Writhing on the ground and growls, watching the blood flow from its veins and arteries, seeing the bone that sticks out from a stump, watching its guts escape its open belly, feeling the cold as death is about to take them. Then and only then will evil begin to beg, 'Have mercy! I regret my sins! I'll be good, I swear! Just save me, do not let me waste away!'. Yes, hermit. That is the way to fight evil! When evil wants to harm you, inflict pain - anticipate them, it's best if evil does not expect it. But if you fail to prevent evil, if you have been hurt by evil, then avenge him! It is best when they have already forgotten, when they feel safe. Then pay them in double. In triple. An eye for an eye? No! Both eyes for an eye! A tooth for a tooth? No! All their teeth for a tooth! Repay evil! Make it wail in pain, howling until their eyes pop from their sockets. And then, you can look under your feet and boldly declare that what is there cannot endanger anyone, cannot hurt anyone. How can someone be a danger, when they have no eyes? How can someone hurt when they have no hands? They can only wait until they bleed to death.”
― Wieża Jaskółki
― Wieża Jaskółki
![T.F. Hodge](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1319425245i/4636732._UY200_CR5,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self...from within.”
― From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
― From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
![E.L. James](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1549477398i/4725841._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“I don't want anything to happen to you. You being hurt...that thought fills me with dread. I can't promise not to interfere, not if I think you'll come to harm." He pauses and takes a deep breath. "I love you, Anastasia. I will do everything in my power to protect you. I cann't imagine my life without you.”
― Fifty Shades Darker
― Fifty Shades Darker
![Hippocrates](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1248763349i/248774._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.”
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“...sometimes we go, and we try, and we suffer, and despite it all, we learn nothing. Sometimes we are left with more questions than when we started. Sometimes we do harm, despite our best efforts. We are human. We are fragile.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“I believed I was too sensitive and weak. To “prove” I wasn’t a victim anymore, I moved closer to painful experiences rather than away from them. Remaining in harm’s way and exposing myself to more pain kept me in the victim role rather than moving me out of it.”
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![William Kingdon Clifford](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1418900840i/264116._UX200_CR0,28,200,200_.jpg)
“In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may be true after all, or I may never have occasion to exhibit it in outward acts. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself credulous. The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.”
― The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays
― The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays
![Celsus](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1453094312i/6836324._UX200_CR0,51,200,200_.jpg)
“First, however, I must deal with the matter of Jesus, the so-called savior, who not long ago taught new doctrines and was thought to be a son of God. This savior, I shall attempt to show, deceived many and caused them to accept a form of belief harmful to the well-being of mankind. Taking its root in the lower classes, the religion continues to spread among the vulgar: nay, one can even say it spreads because of its vulgarity and the illiteracy of its adherents. And while there are a few moderate, reasonable, and intelligent people who interpret its beliefs allegorically, yet it thrives in its purer form among the ignorant.”
― On the True Doctrine: A Discourse Against the Christians
― On the True Doctrine: A Discourse Against the Christians
![Gore Vidal](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1400912972i/5657._UX200_CR0,47,200,200_.jpg)
“I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam -- good people, yes, but any religion based on a single, well, frenzied and virulent god, is not as useful to the human race as, say, Confucianism, which is not a religion but an ethical and educational system.”
― At Home: Essays 1982-1988
― At Home: Essays 1982-1988
“A man of God would never burn or harm a temple of any kind - regardless of religion. A true man of God would see every temple or divine mansion built to glorify the Creator - as an extension of the temple closest to his home, regardless of its shape, size, or color. A man who truly recognizes and knows God can see God in all things.”
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
![Christine Feehan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1640972827i/6268._CR0,24,200,200_.jpg)
“All around him the chanting swelled, Harm no one, harm no one. What the hell did that mean? He was going to have to shoot the poor son of a bitch, but maybe that was a far better way to go than what the house of horrors had planned. This was a hell of a way for men to die, even if they deserved it.”
― Safe Harbor
― Safe Harbor
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