Nonviolence Quote by Nikki Giovanni Download Open image “But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.” — Nikki Giovanni ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Nonviolence Oppressed Oppressors Peacebuilding
The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
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
It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you, and say,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Get this into your head: if violence were only a thing of the future, if exploitation and oppression never existed on earth, perhaps displays… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged. — Bell Hooks 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
“Nonviolence is not just a state of being where violence is absent or invisible. It is a conscious, active effort not to harm anyone… — Arun Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni 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,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Commitment to nonviolence must not be based on patient acquiescence in intolerable conditions. Rather, it stems from a deeper knowledge of the self-defeating, self-corrupting… — David T. Dellinger Copy Share Image
Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence. — 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
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… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
![“I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d5/nikki-giovanni-1757_nice_i-just-think-she-was-a-wonderful-woman-w_31454.jpg)
![“[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27b/nikki-giovanni-1757_add_to-become-a-poet-the-most-important-thin_189198.jpg)
![“[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/img-quotes/9fe/pico-iyer-1252_benefits_the-dalai-lama-told-me-some-years-ago-i_678.jpg)
