Best Non Violence Quotations

152 Non Violence quotes by 52 unique authors

...Jesus did not advocate non-violence merely as a technique for outwitting the enemy, but as a just means of opposing the enemy in such a… — Walter Wink
I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what… — Mahatma Gandhi
Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent — Betty Williams
The modern choice is between non-violence or non-existence. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my… — Mahatma Gandhi
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately… — Mahatma Gandhi
Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love… — Mahatma Gandhi
I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence. — Mahatma Gandhi
It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us. — Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard that the atom… — Mahatma Gandhi
We have to make truth and non-violence not matters for mere individual practice but for practice by groups and communities and nations. That at any… — Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave. — Mahatma Gandhi
I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have… — Mahatma Gandhi
Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. As Tolstoy… — Mahatma Gandhi
My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities. — Mahatma Gandhi
The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence. — Joan Baez
When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but… — John Lewis
He who trusts has never yet lost in the world. A suspicious man is lost to himself and the eworld.... Suspicion is of the brood… — Mahatma Gandhi
Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom. — H.G. Wells
I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends up creating many… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realizing Him. — Mahatma Gandhi
Conflict exists only when there are two opposing things: fear and non-fear,violence and non-violence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. — Mahatma Gandhi
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. — Mahatma Gandhi
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. — Mahatma Gandhi

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