Nonviolence Quotes

My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world.

Is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater courage? Without her, man would not be. If nonviolence is to be the law of our being, the future is with women.

Marshall took nonviolence a step further - beyond Gandhi.

The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who've suffered, who've been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

Preaching nonviolence on principle reproduces the existing institutionalized violence.

Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals.

It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today.

Nonviolence is something very powerful, and the power behind it is not weapons, but the support of the people.

All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.

Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech.

Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.

Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller.

The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.

nonviolence first changes the individual.

Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.

Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Higher Consciousness.

Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence.

Nonviolence is the virtue of the manly. The coward is innocent of it.

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.

But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will keep seeding and building transforming movements.

Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence.

The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.

Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.

Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.

My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social or religious.

Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.

Nonviolence is the answer for the questions of our time. Love will conquer evil every time.

Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.

The ultimate way to solve human problems is with nonviolence.

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

Nonviolence is the way to listen to the inner voice.

It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all need, constantly, an advance of trust and affirmation.

Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.

Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is to help others.

Nonviolence to be a creed has to be all-pervasive.