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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

I sleep in peace, even if only in the company of lice, behind bars. The same could not be said of my incarcerators though they sleep in warm beds, next to their wives, in their homes.

I love men in bed when they are sleeping. But then they have to go and wake up.

I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer.

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

We live in an unsafe world.

No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down.

Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. But, if you rouse him up after he has fallen asleep, you do not risk - you secure him a bad night.

Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.