Non Violence Quotes - Page 3

• Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Freedom, Hate

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated.

  Jeremy Gilley

  Impact, Together We Can, World

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• An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.72, A&C Black

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• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy... In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Stars, Kings, Hate

  "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King Jr., 1967.

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• Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Faith, Peace, Men

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• In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

  John Bunyan

  Love, Christian, Peace

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• There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

  A. J. Muste

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

  Quoted in N.Y. Times, 16 Nov. 1967

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• Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Truth, Violence

  Surendra Varmā, Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Metaphysical Foundation of Mahatma Gandhi's Thought”

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• Be the change you want to see in your networks

  James H. Fowler

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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  Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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• You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Faith, Hope

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.30, Courier Corporation

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• I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Peace, War

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.43, Hackett Publishing

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• Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Anger, Pride

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• In the world today, only a philosophy of eternity could justify non-violence.

  Albert Camus

  Philosophy, World, Today

  "The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt".

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• The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, Humanity, Principles

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.352, Penguin

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• Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Doe, Hammers

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• The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humor.

  John Lennon

  Fighting, Beard, Faces

  YouTube Chanel "Beatlemaniac1960"/ "John Lennon about violence", www.youtube.com. October 8, 2011.

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• The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty. Ghandi, quoted in Merton, p. 68

  Thomas Merton

  Liberty, Causes, Destruction

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• I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight... I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Anger, Fighting

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.47, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Kings, Stars, Hate

  "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King, 1967.

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• Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

  Cesar Chavez

  Peace, War, Hard Work

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• The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.

  Joan Baez

  Foundation, Violence, Belief

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• We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Choices, Today, Violence

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• The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Evil

  "Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967.

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• My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Truth, Mean

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

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