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It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its… — Nelson Mandela
If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and has… — Nhat Hanh
Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice. — Mahatma Gandhi
Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is… — Dalai Lama
For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love. — Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. — Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored. — Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you. — Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God. — Mahatma Gandhi
A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to anyone in a… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force. — Mahatma Gandhi
So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence. — Satish Kumar
I have been true to the principles of nonviolence, developing a stronger and stronger aversion to the ideologies of both the far right and the… — Joan Baez
God is a peaceful ground of being. He is the energy of nonviolence. To ask Him to help is to ask Him to turn us… — Marianne Williamson
Perhaps the greatest contribution that those of us who come from a Christian tradition can make is to throw out the old just-war theory, embrace… — Mairead Corrigan
Instead of scrambling for security in national victory and domination, in preparation for war and military aggression, we must relearn the values of cooperation and… — Marva Dawn
I learnt the lesson on nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on… — Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you, and say, "Punish… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and… — Mahatma Gandhi
We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing,… — Timothy B. Tyson
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
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. — Mahatma Gandhi
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. — Mahatma Gandhi

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