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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“We cannot shoot our way to justice, We cannot lynch our way to liberty. We cannot nuke our way to peace, We… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“We are killing, every one of us, every moment of the day - just by living. And if one realizes this, is… — Mark X Copy Share Image
Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We Christians forget (if we ever learned) that attempts to redress real or imagined injustice by violent means are merely another exercise… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share Image
“Too much of anything creates an imbalance in life. This is true even of virtues such as nonviolence. You never know when… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
The thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action - whether it's a fast,… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
If people knew the working of the law of truth and nonviolence, then they would themselves regulate the matter of its shortage. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If whites would vote their economic interests, not their racial fears, we the people who have the most need for change have… — Jesse Jackson 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
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
“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 fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nonviolence which to me is the glory of Hinduism, has been sought to be explained away by our people as being meant… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence of the strong cannot be a mere policy. It must be a creed, or a passion, if 'creed' is objected to. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If one does not practice nonviolence in one's own personal relations with others and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“3. War Peace & Action - 3B.02 LOVE & PEACE Hatred goes not by hatred, Violence not by violence, Disappear hatred and… — Munindra (Munnan) Misra Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals. — Robert Thurman 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
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
“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'm convinced nonviolence can be successful in working for positive change in our relations with other countries right now. — Dorothy Cotton 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 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