Quotes by Barbara Deming
“I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our resolve and not go crazy is to choose, still, to be gentle and not to harm.”— Barbara Deming
“The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more common ground we will find.”— Barbara Deming
“Nonviolence is an exploration, and the key to this exploration is to be willing to be vulnerable.”— Barbara Deming
“Guilt is not a feeling. It is a judgment. And we are blind; we cannot see if another is guilty or innocent.”— Barbara Deming
“What is required of us, in our time, is that we be willing to stare at the evil that is within us and to find the strength to cry out 'No!'”— Barbara Deming