Circumstances Quote by Dalai Lama

Nonviolence is the only way. Even if you achieve your goal by violent means there are always side effects, and these can be worse…

— Dalai Lama

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

— Leo Tolstoy

You treat violence as an aberration ... when in truth it is the norm. It is the very essence of the human condition.

— Dan Simmons

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being…

— Richard Wright

If you try to fix violence with violence, you do NOTHING but create violence.

— Tom DeLonge

“Many people subscribe to the idea that 'violence solves nothing'. In fact, a great many problems can be solved with violence, provided you use…

— Martin Dougherty

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

— Jerry Vlasak

Part of the reason I embrace nonviolence is that it's the most effective thing we can do. It's a more advanced tactic than violence.…

— Tim DeChristopher

The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If…

— Jeff Cooper

Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.

— Mahatma Gandhi

You can't answer violence with counter violence ... The answer is love. The best sabotage is love.

— Athol Fugard

I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics.

— Jerry Vlasak