Nonviolence Quotes - Page 9

• I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Struggle, Grateful, Church

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.97, Beacon Press

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• I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Humanity, Destruction

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anthony J. Parel (1997). “Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings”, p.150, Cambridge University Press

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• Vegetarianism preserves live, health, peace, the ecology, creates a more equitable distribution of resources, helps to feed the hungry, encourages nonviolence for the animal and human members of the planet, and is a powerful aid for the spiritual transformation of the body, emotions, mind, and spirit.

  Gabriel Cousens

  Spiritual, Powerful, Animal

  FaceBook post by Gabriel Cousens, MD from Oct 07, 2015

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• The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Force, Ahimsa, Unarmed

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

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• I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Order, Punishment

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.158, Tara Publishing

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• To me non-violence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people, and, therefore, I am devoting all my energies towards the establishment of a society that should be based on its principles of truth and peace.

  Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

  People, Evil, Energy

  "WOF: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan".

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• The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But, the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the beloved community.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Suicide, Spiritual, Beloved Community

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.75, Beacon Press

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• When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Mean, Want

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.67, A&C Black

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• The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Lying, Way, Ahimsa

  Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works”

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• Veganism is about nonviolence:
  nonviolence to other sentient beings;
  nonviolence to yourself;
  nonviolence to the earth.

  Gary L. Francione

  Earth, Sentient Beings, Veganism

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• 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, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Men, Victory

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• Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Two, Justice, Causes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India, 1924-1926”

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• Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Understanding, Used, Force

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.310, Grove Press

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• 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 impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry.

  Nelson Mandela

  Spiritual, Hard Work, Successful

  "The Sacred Warrior" by Nelson Mandela, content.time.com. December 31, 1999.

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• 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 the capacity to nourish us. By the work of mindful observation, our unpleasant feelings can illuminate so much for us, offering us insight and understanding into ourselves and society.

  Nhat Hanh

  Offering, Understanding, Healthy

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.41, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• 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 to help others.

  Dalai Lama

  Helping Others, Black, Violence

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• 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 harsh manner. Those who always indulge in faultfinding will never achieve spiritual progress. Do not harm anyone by thoughts, words or deeds. Be compassionate towards all beings. Ahimsa (nonviolence) is the highest dharma (duty).

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Talking, Practice

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• Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Race, Law, Force

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa”

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• My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Trying, Growing

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• Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Enemy, Herbs

  Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion”, Clarendon Press

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• 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 sharing, of nonviolence and support.

  Marva Dawn

  Peace, Military, War

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• 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 the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that I was born to rule over her.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Thinking, Hands, Wife

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.340, Grove Press

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• 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 me, if you will; I do not deserve it, but I will accept it, so that the world will know I am right and you are wrong," then you wield a powerful and a just weapon. This man, your oppressor, is automatically morally defeated, and if he has any conscience, he is ashamed.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Powerful, Men, Long

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• 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 women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Long, Doe

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.56, Oxford University Press

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• 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, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened.

  Timothy B. Tyson

  Kings, Moving, Demand

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