Non Violent Quotes

61 Non Violent quotes by 45 unique authors

Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best… — Kofi Annan
If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy. — Rick James
Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action. — Julian Assange
I have seen the cycle of a non-violent, mentally ill offender who is arrested repeatedly and put into the system repeatedly-never being treated for his… — Mike DeWine
Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.… The function of the Anarchist is two-fold. By daily… — Ammon Hennacy
We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world… — Shirin Ebadi
Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point… — Adam Kokesh
A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet. — Casey Kasem
If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems.… — Dalai Lama
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers of… — Howard Zinn
It is the other way round: food cannot make you spiritual, but if you are spiritual your food habits will change. Eating anything will not… — Rajneesh
Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent — Betty Williams
Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving… — Howard Dean
I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent. — Eli Roth
I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything. — Bob Brown
Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never… — John Fugelsang
When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action. — Caroline Lucas
A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident. — Mahatma Gandhi
In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use… — Desmond Tutu
Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil society to be… — Naomi Wolf
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing… — Mahatma Gandhi
If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in… — Mahatma Gandhi
And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is… — Hannah Arendt
The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his opponent, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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