It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The best weapon to destroy a demon is violence and the best weapon to destroy an injustice is nonviolence, said by Justice” — P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar Copy Share Image
Instead of scrambling for security in national victory and domination, in preparation for war and military aggression, we must relearn the values… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence,… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I think nonviolence and the mediation of conflict by means of respecting civility must be promoted. But being the kind of beings… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
In the next 30 years we can destroy our world. With the very same powers - spiritual, social, scientific - we can… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
The most efficient action, the most significant testimony to nonviolence, is living a life in which there is no violence-showing that such… — Lanza del Vasto Copy Share Image
Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to… — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart,… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
“He has read whole volumes on the philosophy of nonviolence. How peace had to be understood in all its moral dimensions. The… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Nonviolent actions are by their nature androgynous. In them the two impulses that have long been treated as distinct, 'masculine' and 'feminine,'… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“The maintenance of high standards of behavior in nonviolent action is necessary at all stages of the conflict.” — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them. — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Indeed the very word, nonviolence, a negative word, means that it is an effort to abandon the violence that is inevitable in… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
“What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?” — Mary Jo Bowman Copy Share Image
In the application of the method of non-violence, one must believe in the possibility of every person, however depraved, being reformed under… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is something very powerful, and the power behind it is not weapons, but the support of the people. — Arun Manilal Gandhi Copy Share Image
Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
I'm convinced nonviolence can be successful in working for positive change in our relations with other countries right now. — Dorothy Cotton Copy Share Image
“The basis of Gandhi's nonviolence is to appeal to the good in others and evoke sympathy to one's cause through self-suffering.” — Arun Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and… — Robert Graetz Copy Share Image
Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image