Harm Quotes - Page 3

• I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

  Camille Claudel

  Say Anything, Want, Protect You

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• My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

  Elizabeth I

  Hate, Wish, Demise

  Elizabeth I (2002). “Elizabeth I: Collected Works”, p.248, University of Chicago Press

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• But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

  Jock Sturges

  Artist, Photograph

  Interview with David Steinberg, www.nearbycafe.com. May 25, 1994.

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• You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Art, Men, Numbers

  Letter to Louise Colet, 14 June 1853

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• Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

  Graham Greene

  Dumb, Literature, World

  'The Quiet American' (1955) pt. 1, ch. 3

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• Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Real, Damage, Faults

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.301, Library of America

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• I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

  Calvin Coolidge

  History, Silence, Said

  " Svennis, Dorothy and the stories that should not be told" by Harry Pearson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2002.

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• At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.

  Pema Chodron

  Ignorance, Roots, Causes

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

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• No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

  Francis of Assisi

  No Regrets, Enemy, Doe

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  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 sufficient warrant.

  John Stuart Mill

  War, Power, Libertarian Party

  On Liberty ch. 1 (1859)

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• Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.

  Yehuda Berg

  Inspirational, Encouragement, Hurt

  FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from Sep 15, 2010

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• My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.

  Cheryl Rainfield

  Pain, Self Harm, Will To Survive

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• Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

  Victor Hugo

  Funny, Wisdom, Witty

  Victor Hugo (2004). “Notre-Dame de Paris”, p.144, Penguin UK

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• In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

  Aeschylus

  House, Literature, Vote

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• Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.

  Michael Jackson

  Children, Firsts, Know Me

  "Jackson 'devastated' by Bashir film" by Claire Cozens, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2003.

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• Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Men, May

  Plato (2008). “Laws”, p.194, Cosimo, Inc.

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• We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.

  Paul Kagame

  Clock, Turns, Determine

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• Hush little baby, Dont you cry, Dont cut your arms, Dont say goodbye. Put down that razor, Put down that light, It maybe hard but, You'll win this fight.

  Emily Giffin

  Goodbye, Baby, Self Harm

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• The unspoken word never does harm.

  Lajos Kossuth

  Silence, Doe, Unspoken Words

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• There is no harm in being sometimes wrong - especially if one is promptly found out.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Sometimes, Found, Programming

  John Maynard Keynes, Royal Economic Society (Great Britain) (1971). “The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in biography”

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• Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

  Voltaire

  Dance, Reading, Two

  "The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version". Volume 6,

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• If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Art, Littles, Awareness

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• I see harm reduction as a way of engaging people as part of that path to recovery.

  Paul R. Ehrlich

  Recovery, People, Way

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• The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

  William Kingdon Clifford

  Character, Men, Support

  William Kingdon Clifford (1886). “Lectures and Essays”

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• It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

  Henry Adams

  Men, Political, Civil War

  American Heritage magazine, December 1955.

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