--- title: "4 Nonviolence Quotes By Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan" description: "4 Nonviolence quotes by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. Plus more from Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and more Nonviolence sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-41425_believer_today-s-world-is-traveling-in-some-stran_1412845.jpg" --- > [Today’s world is traveling in some strange direction. You see that the world is going toward destruction and violence. And the specialty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/today-s-world-is-traveling-in-some-strange-direction-you-see-that-the/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-41425_believer_today-s-world-is-traveling-in-some-stran_1412845.jpg) > [To me nonviolence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people. Therefore I am devoting all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/to-me-nonviolence-has-come-to-represent-a-panacea-for-all-the-evils/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/304/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-41425_energy_to-me-nonviolence-has-come-to-represent_2117006.png) > [To me non-violence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people, and, therefore, I am devoting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/to-me-non-violence-has-come-to-represent-a-panacea-for-all-the-evils/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-41425_energy_to-me-non-violence-has-come-to-represent_2718009.jpg) > [There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/there-is-nothing-surprising-in-a-muslim-or-a-pathan-like-me/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan-41425_creeds_there-is-nothing-surprising-in-a-muslim_2856216.png) ## Other authors on Nonviolence - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 240 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/mahatma-gandhi/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 43 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mairead-corrigan-62747.jpg) Mairead Corrigan 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/mairead-corrigan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joan-baez-50151.jpg) Joan Baez 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/joan-baez/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernice-king-17401.jpg) Bernice King 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/bernice-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-j-prial-35743.jpg) GaryLFrancione 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/garylfrancione/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gary-l-francione-36989.jpg) Gary L. Francione 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/gary-l-francione/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cesar-chavez-21899.jpg) Cesar Chavez 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/cesar-chavez/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amit-ray-12354.jpg) Amit Ray 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/amit-ray/) - [Martin Luther King Jr 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/martin-luther-king-jr-2/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-coretta-scott-king-25092.jpg) Coretta Scott King 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/coretta-scott-king/) ## More by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan > [The Holy Prophet Mohammed came into this world and taught us: 'That man is a Muslim who never hurts anyone by word or deed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/the-holy-prophet-mohammed-came-into-this-world-and-taught-us-that-man/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [I am going to give you such a weapon that the police and the army will not be able to stand against it. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/i-am-going-to-give-you-such-a-weapon-that-the-police-and-the-army/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [Only a dead nation remembers its heroes when they die. Real nations respect them when they are alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/only-a-dead-nation-remembers-its-heroes-when-they-die-real-nations/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [My religion is truth, love and service to God and humanity. Every religion that has come into the world has brought the message of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/my-religion-is-truth-love-and-service-to-god-and-humanity-every/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [Today’s world is traveling in some strange direction. You see that the world is going toward destruction and violence. And the specialty of violence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/today-s-world-is-traveling-in-some-strange-direction-you-see-that-the/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [If you wish to know how civilized a culture is, look at how they treat it's women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/if-you-wish-to-know-how-civilized-a-culture-is-look-at-how-they-treat/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [To me nonviolence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people. Therefore I am devoting all my energies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/to-me-nonviolence-has-come-to-represent-a-panacea-for-all-the-evils/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [It is my inmost conviction, Badshah Khan said, that Islam is amal, yakeen, muhabat – selfless service, faith, and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/it-is-my-inmost-conviction-badshah-khan-said-that-islam-is-amal/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [To me non-violence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people, and, therefore, I am devoting all my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/to-me-non-violence-has-come-to-represent-a-panacea-for-all-the-evils/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) > [There is nothing surprising in a Muslim or a Pathan like me subscribing to the creed of nonviolence. It is not a new creed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/there-is-nothing-surprising-in-a-muslim-or-a-pathan-like-me/) [Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonviolence/khan-abdul-ghaffar-khan/#itemlist", "name": "4 Nonviolence Quotes By Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Today’s world is traveling in some strange direction. You see that the world is going toward destruction and violence. And the specialty of violence is to create hatred among people and to create fear. 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