Nonviolence Quotes · Page 10

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love.

— Martin Luther King Jr

The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Preaching nonviolence on principle reproduces the existing institutionalized violence.

— Herbert Marcuse

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Kill not, cause no pain. Nonviolence is the greatest religion .”

— Mahavira

Carrying arms for the removal of the Arms Act can never fall under any scheme of nonviolence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Many of us in Nashville accepted nonviolence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or…

— John Lewis

The rishis, who discovered the law of nonviolence in the midst of violence, were greater geniuses than Newton.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Nonviolence is supremely the weapon of the dispossessed, the underprivileged, and the egalitarian, not those who are still addicted to private profit,…

— David T. Dellinger

If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The practice of truth and nonviolence melted religious differences, and we learnt to see beauty in each religion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

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

I think nonviolence and the mediation of conflict by means of respecting civility must be promoted. But being the kind of beings…

— Cornel West

I learnt the lesson on nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to…

— Mahatma Gandhi

If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject…

— Gary L. Francione

Enter with me into the sufferings, not only of the people of India but of the whole world. Nonviolence is a more…

— Mahatma Gandhi

When I was 16, the guest speaker was King. And I was completely overwhelmed because I had been studying nonviolence, talking about…

— Joan Baez

Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.

— Malcolm X

This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa.

— Malala Yousafzai

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

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative.

— Hildegard Goss-Mayr

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“[Politics] is always a means of conquering others and exercising power over them.”

— Jacques Ellul

Anger is the enemy of nonviolence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

— Tenzin Gyatso

The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Anonymous

[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.

— Mahatma Gandhi

It takes four generations to recover from every act of violence.

— Rebecca Adamson

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Marshall took nonviolence a step further - beyond Gandhi.

— Johan Galtung

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.

— Mahatma Gandhi