Quotes About Vengeance

The desire for revenge was not unnatural, but it could curdle and embitter the soul, and it often destroyed the avenger. Was it not perhaps infinitely wiser to abjure the wicked and abandon them to the fates, and trust in God to make retribution in His own good time? He found himself saying, almost inaudibly, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay, sayeth the Lord.

I will kill you, and I shall do so in such a way, this world will cease its wars. The world shall be unified in its mourning, not because it misses you, but because of the atrocities which I, alone, will have wrought upon your mangled corpse. And even after the cannons fall silent, I will never be caught. New monsters will be born into folklore to explain what I have done to you.

It is also the portrait of Christ many people prefer today. It is a portrait that enables and encourages Jesus's followers to embrace violence, vengeance, domination, and exploitation, to do whatever it takes to assert their will on others.

law of retaliation, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," is "interwoven with injustice," since, as Ptolemy points out, "the one who is second to act unjustly still acts unjustly, differing only in the relative order in which he acts, and committing the very same act

He rejected me! I am so hurt and mad. Can I destroy him?

Bad people need to pay a price. And the price should be high. ~Billy Summers

The psychological components of war have not gone away—dominance, vengeance, callousness, tribalism, groupthink, self-deception

in which I argued that human beings are fitted by evolution with a number of destructive motives such as greed, lust, dominance, vengeance, and self-deception.

Vengeance is no disease: it is necessary for cooperation, preventing a nice guy from being exploited.

So not just vengeance, but also forgiveness and contrition, are necessary for social organisms

If this world could only grasp the power of forgiveness. Being able to forgive someone breaks the cycle of bitterness and vengeance

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

Truth] will keep your soul from withering and dying while you encounter the inevitable tragedy of life. It will help you avoid the terrible desire to seek vengeance for that tragedy-part of the terrible sin of Being, which everything must bear gracefully, just so it can exist.

opportunity for the inner darkness to reveal itself. The lust for blood, rape and destruction is very much part of power's attraction. It is not only that men desire power so that they will no longer suffer. It is not only that they desire power so that they can overcome subjugation to want, disease and death. Power also means the capacity to take vengeance, ensure submission, and crush enemies.

Quizá, si viviéramos como habría que vivir, no tendríamos problemas en reconocer nuestro carácter frágil y mortal, sin caer en el victimismo ofuscado que genera primero resentimiento, luego envidia y, finalmente, deseo de venganza y destrucción.

Istina uvijek iznova izvire iz najdubljih izvora Bi?a. Ona ?e ?uvati vašu dušu da ne vene i ne umire u suo?avanju s neizbježnom tragedijom života. Pomo?i ?e vam da izbjegnete strašnu želju za osvetom zbog te tragedije koja je dio strašnog grijeha Bi?a i koju svi i sve moraju dostojanstveno podnositi samo kako bi mogli postojati.

Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!

Her trade is death and torture.

If I find the cat who did this," Brambleclaw growled softly, "they will regret taking the life of a warrior and my Clanmate.

Goldenflower had padded away, Fireheart stepped forward and leaned down to lick Runningwind's dull pelt. "I will avenge your death," he promised softly.

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will avenge your death," he promised softly.

Let's go," he meowed. "I'll skin the little wretch when we find him, upsetting the camp like this.

And I'll never forgive Squirrelflight for rejecting me over and over again. I gave her love and she betrayed me. As though my love was worthless." He scowled. "I'm going to make her suffer more than any other cat. And I'm going to enjoy it.