Nonviolence is something very powerful, and the power behind it is not weapons, but the support of the people. — Arun Manilal Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think we brought to the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think… — Dolores Huerta Copy Share Image
My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence is only for the brave men and women of the world because it requires courage – courage to love the beauty… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“nothing trite in SNCC’s founding statement: “Through nonviolence, courage displaces fear; love transforms hate. Acceptance dissipates prejudice, hope ends despair. Peace dominates… — Bruce Watson Copy Share Image
It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's.… — Bernhard Haring Copy Share Image
“There is no Situation in which Arms can get an Answer. Arms only ensure, that there would Never be an Answer.” — Vineet Raj Kapoor Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest contribution that those of us who come from a Christian tradition can make is to throw out the old… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
My dear friends, God’s creation is one and it is good. The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Mrs. (Fanie Lou) Hamer, like her mother, also kept weapons nearby in case she needed them: 'I keep a shotgun in every… — Charles E. Cobb Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The evil the enemy may do never expresses all that he is. Nonviolence is a wager-- not so much on the goodness… — Robert Inchausti Copy Share Image
A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If it is by force that we wish to achieve Swaraj, let us drop nonviolence and offer such violence as we may. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul… — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
In a plan of life based on nonviolence, woman has as much right to shape her own destiny as man has to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Instead of destroying and appropriating to himself nourishment taken from outside, man enters a state of nonviolence and detachment relative to the… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state. — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I don't need to swear to speak, I don't need to use my fist to make my point and I don't need… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
I cannot teach you violence,as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech. — Nathaniel Altman Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice - nonviolence springs from love, cowardice from hate. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
![“[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could, and still things get worse in Tibet." If you look at it from one point of view, as he himself says, his monastic position of forbearance and nonviolence hasn't reaped any…” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/pico-iyer-1252_benefits_the-dalai-lama-told-me-some-years-ago-i_678.jpg)
