Nonviolence Quotes · Page 13

Nonviolence is an attribute of the Almighty whose ways of fulfilling Himself are inscrutable.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics.

— Jerry Vlasak

The greater conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.

— Chinese Proverb

Nonviolence is the only credible response to the violence we're seeing around the world.

— Coretta Scott King

Unless discipline is rooted in nonviolence, it might prove to be a source of infinite mischief.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

For a nonviolent struggle, there is no age limit. The blind, the maimed and the bed-ridden may serve, and not only men…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together.

— Bernice King

In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with…

— Vinoba Bhave

Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing…

— Gary L. Francione

When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic…

— Marian Wright Edelman

We canot become nonviolent on the basis of intellectual conviction. Commitment to nonviolence demands a very profound conversion of mind and heart.…

— Thomas Gumbleton

What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea…

— Suzanne Collins

Citizens across the United States are now uniting in a great cause to establish a Department of Peace, seeking nothing less than…

— Dennis Kucinich

Conflicts are fueled by the tendency of the powerful to exploit the power and the anger and frustration of the powerless, which…

— Ghassan Andoni

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

I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far…

— Joan Baez

The cross to me is complete nonviolence because Jesus said, "Love your enemy. Do not kill." I realized that I could never…

— Mairead Corrigan

Nonviolence as a lifestyle and perpetual strategy will allow us to be on the offense instead of continually on the defense. We…

— Bernice King

A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

If you give yourself totally to the nonviolence struggle for peace and justice you also find that people give you their hearts…

— Cesar Chavez

Unexampled bravery, born of nonviolence, coupled with strict honesty shown by a fair number of Muslims, is sure to infect the whole…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The maintenance of high standards of behavior in nonviolent action is necessary at all stages of the conflict.”

— Gene Sharp

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

— Cesar Chavez

[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

Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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

— Joan Baez

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

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

“What does our commitment to nonviolence mean as citizens of one of the most powerful and oppressive nations in recorded history?”

— Mary Jo Bowman

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