Quotes About Harm

The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

Since the dawn of man, there have always been people bent on harming others. There have been periods of peace and enlightenment, and there have been dark times, but through it all, mankind survived. That cycle has repeated itself over and over. It wasn't always easy, and despite those who would have it otherwise, life went on.

The greatest harm can result from the best intentions - Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander

The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions.

Witches aren't like that. We live in harmony with the great cycles of Nature, and do no harm to anyone, and it's wicked of them to say we don't. We ought to fill their bones with hot lead.

We are armed with the truth. What can harm us if we are armed with the truth?' 'Well, a crossbow bolt can, e.g., go right through your eye and out the back of your head,' said Sergeant Colon.

If you truly practice mindfulness, it will never cause harm. If the practice doesn't bring about more compassion, then it's not right mindfulness.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

There's no harm in kissing scenes. I'm open to them as far as the script demands it.

I've worked in a mortuary and seen the consequences of what guns and knives do to people.

Logically, abortion opponents should not make arguments about the harm abortion supposedly does to women. Ending a pregnancy would be just as bad if it left women better off, as indeed it usually does—that is why opponents call it "selfish.

To say that a being who is sentient has no interest in continuing to live is like saying that a being with eyes has no interest in continuing to see. Death—however "humane"—is a harm for humans and nonhumans alike.

Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings depend for life. In my view, the animal rights movement is, at its core, a movement about ending violence to all sentient beings. It is a movement that seeks fundamental justice for all. It is an emerging peace movement that does not stop at the arbitrary line that separates humans from nonhumans.

Threatening words are dispatched like soldiers under strict orders: Cause anxiety that cannot be ignored. Surprisingly, their deployment isn't entirely bad news. It's bad, of course, that someone threatens violence, but the threat means that at least for now, he has considered violence and decided against doing it. The threat means that at least for now (and usually forever), he favors words that alarm over actions that harm.

I've never subscribed to the "words can never hurt me" point of view. Because if words can't hurt, then neither can they help or heal or inspire. Yes, words can brutalize. They can shame and scar. But people must be free to say them anyway. We protect free speech not because words are harmless, but because they are powerful.

Are you a kind person here on earth, getting joy from your existence, causing no harm, and doing good to others?

15The evil man will do harm when confronted by a righteous man, because he hates those who await good news.

Artificial intelligence is very powerful and it can help us do amazing things, but it also has the potential to do great harm. We need to approach it with caution, and we need to make sure that we're thinking about the long-term implications of the technology.

A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast - a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.

The sins of good men are greater than the sins of bad men. One lie from a truthful man is more hurtful than all the lies of a liar. The sins of a man after God's own heart have done more harm than all the crimes of all the Pagan emperors.

He does mischief to himself who does mischief to another, and evil planned harms the plotter most.

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.