Harm Quotes - Page 8

• The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to how much harm can be done by mistakes on the part of a few men when they wield vast power over the monetary system of the country.

  Milton Friedman

  Country, Mistake, Men

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.50, University of Chicago Press

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• Now, nothing should be able to harm a man except himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has, is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance.

  Oscar Wilde

  Men, Matter, Able

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.1046, Wordsworth Editions

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• Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I blaspheme my King who saved Me?....I bless Thee for deigning me worthy of this day and this hour that I may be among Thy martyrs and drink the cup of my Lord Jesus Christ.

  Polycarp

  Jesus, Kings, Years

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• Not causing harm requires staying awake. Part of being awake is slowing down enough to notice what we say and do. The more we witness our emotional chain reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain. It becomes a way of life to stay awake, slow down, and notice.

  Pema Chodron

  Emotional, Down And, Way

  Pema Chodron (2000). “When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times”, p.48, Shambhala Publications

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• An it harm none, do what ye will.

  Doreen Valiente

  Doreen Valiente (2018). “Witchcraft for Tomorrow”, p.36, The Crowood Press

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• When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery - that intimate relationship can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we can be ourselves, as we are ...This kind of unmasking - speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges - is sacred activity, which allows two souls to meet and touch more deeply.

  John Welwood

  Struggle, Healing, Discovery

  John Welwood (1996). “Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship”, Harpercollins

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• Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to make them feel better; do no harm.

  Diane Frolov

  Jobs, Get Well, Kids

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• When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

  Xunzi

  Time, Men, Facts

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• 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.

  Carrie Jones

  Together, Stronger, Glue

  Carrie Jones (2011). “Entice”, p.100, A&C Black

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• I hate women like that. They're so desperate for the attention of men that they'd willingly betray and harm members of their own sex

  Sarah J. Maas

  Sex, Hate, Men

  Sarah J. Maas (2012). “The Assassin and the Empire: A Throne of Glass Novella”, p.75, A&C Black

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• According to the brain-centered model of exercise performance, a runner achieves his race goal when his brain calculates that achieving the race goal is possible without catastrophic self-harm.

  Matt Fitzgerald

  Self Harm, Exercise, Race

  Matt Fitzgerald (2007). “Brain Training For Runners: A Revolutionary New Training System to Improve Endurance, Speed, Health, and Res ults”, p.57, Penguin

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• Don't be overly concerned about your heirs. Usually, unearned funds do them more harm than good.

  Gerald M. Loeb

  Heirs, Fund, Concerned

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• Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Desire, Helping

  1980 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 17 July 1980, Detroit, MI

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• Happiness arises as a result of different causes and conditions. If you harm someone out of anger, you may feel some superficial satisfaction, but deep down you know it was wrong. Your confidence will be undermined. However, if you have an altruistic attitude, you’ll feel comfortable and confident in the presence of others.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Confidence, Buddhist

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• To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  World, Divine Power, Humans

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.23, A&C Black

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• The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval, we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness, we are practicing harshness. The more we do it, the stronger these qualities become. How sad it is that we become so expert at causing harm to ourselves and others. The trick then is to practice gentleness and letting go. We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal.

  Pema Chodron

  Letting Go, Practice, Curiosity

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• There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.

  Milton Friedman

  Government, Limits, Economy

  Milton Friedman, William Richard Allen (1983). “Bright promises, dismal performance: an economist's protest”, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.

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• Sustainable leadership does no harm to and actively improves the surrounding environment.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Learning, Doe

  Andy Hargreaves, Dean Fink (2012). “Sustainable Leadership”, p.25, John Wiley & Sons

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• If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Add, Done, Littles

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• Truth may sometimes hurt, but delusion harms.

  Vanna Bonta

  Hurt, May, Sometimes

  "Rewards of Passion, Sheer Poetry". Book by Vanna Bonta, 1981.

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• Revenge is good. I think revenge is healthy too, and if you can use music in that way, a sort of therapeutic way for yourself, it can't do any harm. So if King (For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime) is angry in any way, it's angry in a random, chaotic, healthy way. Like the guy who goes into a building, shoots a bunch of holes in the wall and then leaves. He didn't kill anybody.

  Mike Patton

  Kings, Wall, Revenge

  "Faith No More". CMJ New Music Monthly, April 1995.

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• Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other, at least not deliberately. We trust his or her good intentions, though we know we might be hurt by the way circumstances play out between us. We might say that hurt happens; it’s a given of life. Harm is inflicted; it’s a choice some people make.

  David Richo

  Hurt, Believe, Mean

  David Richo (2011). “Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy”, p.13, Shambhala Publications

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• Across the world, the lack of accountability for the harm to the environment and public health caused by conflict and military activities undermines global efforts to help fragile countries recover from armed conflicts

  Widad Akrawi

  Country, Military, Effort

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• If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning.

  Martin Luther

  Wise, Fighting, Silence

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• Experience shows that disregard for the environment always harms human coexistence, and vice versa. It becomes more and more evident that there is an inseparable link between peace with creation and peace among men.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Men, Vices, Links

  Pope Benedict XVI (2014). “The Garden of God”, p.14, CUA Press

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