A Quote by Jean Genet

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

Jean Genet

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Jean Genet
French - Novelist
December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

In civil business; what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness: and yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness.

Francis Bacon

Past boldness is no assurance of future boldness. Boldness demands continual reliance on God's spirit.

Andy Stanley

I have the belief in boldness. What I generally lack is the boldness itself. Because boldness doesn't feel bold. It feels scared not brave.

Denis Johnson

It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Begging in the Name of Jesus is an insult to His Name. Use His Name as a king, with boldness!

Chris Oyakhilome

To give a name to a thing is as gratifying as giving a name to an island, but it is also dangerous: the danger consists in one's becoming convinced that all is taken care of and that once named, the phenomenon has also been explained.

Primo Levi

Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.

George Carlin

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

Henry Miller

The less money lying idle the greater is the dividend.

Walter Bagehot

The public don't want prisoners lying about being idle.

Crispin Blunt

My most revered hero is Robert Johnson. His lyrics are so consistent with rap: the danger, the boldness, the creativity.

Fantastic Negrito

Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.

Mahatma Gandhi

Boldness, more boldness, and perpetual boldness!.

Georges Danton

Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!

Georges Danton

In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become a vehicle of hatred, it can never be used in God's name to justify violence.

Pope Benedict XVI

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