Sandra Cisneros Quotes About Violence

Quotes about: Violence

• Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Revenge, Compassion, Thinking

• [Thich Nhat Hanh] the one that revolutionized Buddhism. Instead of being monks just engaged in meditation, it was active Buddhism. You went out and felt the ills of the community around you. Instead of retreating to a monastery, you were out in the streets working. And he's been a great help to me, just reading his book, so I don't feel helpless about what I can do about all the violence around me.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Book, Reading, Buddhism

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

• The Mexico - United States border was always porous. People have been going and coming back since before the Spaniards arrived. Now we're seeing communities who have family members on the other side very frightened. I feel saddened for those families divided by violence. The whole border area is under siege.

  Sandra Cisneros

  People, Community, Mexico

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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