Nonviolence Quotes · Page 9

“Ceasefire only postpones war, demilitarization plants peace.”

— Abhijit Naskar

When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I am a seasoned soldier of nonviolence, and I have evidence enough to sustain my faith.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is the rock on which the whole structure of non-co-operation is built.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Tolstoy was the greatest apostle of nonviolence that the present age has produced.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“You keep buying your children toy pistols, then you wonder, why there is no peace in the world!”

— Abhijit Naskar

Unless you go on discovering new applications of the law of nonviolence, you do not profit by it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Nonviolence is often the path of wisdom, but not always. Love and passive resistance are wonderfully effective weapons against some kinds of…

— Freeman Dyson

Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the…

— A. J. Muste

There is nothing but nonviolence to fall back upon for retaining our freedom, even as we had to do for gaining it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Nonviolence isn't sitting back with your arms folded. It is first recognizing that the very person who is your oppressor is also…

— Mev Puleo

There is all the difference in the world between the nonviolence that the ordinary Christian should embrace and the duty of civic…

— N. T. Wright

The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Among all the methods, non-violence is most successful, and I strongly believe that only non-violence can set the true mood of peace…

— Amit Ray

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

— Martin Luther King Jr

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as…

— Pico Iyer

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says…

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction.

— Nikhil Saluja

The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

To build a mass movement, nonviolence is indispensable.

— Vijay Prashad

My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

— Jesse Jackson

No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is his, is his method. Well, my objective is the same as [Martin Luther] King's.

— Malcolm X

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Appreciation of nonviolence means patient research and still more patient and difficult practice.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The ultimate way to solve human problems is with nonviolence.

— Dalai Lama

History has no record of a nation having adopted nonviolent resistance.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Truth stands for the fact, nonviolence negates the fact.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The real challenge of compassion, nonviolence and mindfulness is to love in adverse situation.”

— Amit Ray

You don't teach a man something by killing him. That's my job.

— Anonymous