Quotes About Nonviolence

Some may seek revenge, but this is not our policy.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard.

Cuba does not attack; Cuba defends, Cuba shares.

The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.

Should your opponent threaten you, you must not defend yourself with violence until you have attempted to get away-to flee from the scene altogether. If you are unable to leave the scene, you may not stuud your ground and kill in self-defense.

He never was the pure pacifist he's made out to be anyway. He always approved of the use of violence as a last resort. Like during one of the periods when Hindus and Muslims came to deadly blows. You didn't hear this in the movie, but when the Nawab of Maler Kolta issued and order to shoot ten muslims for every Hindu who was killed in the state, Gandhi gave it his blessing

No, thank you," said Adrian. "These hands don't sully themselves with fighting.

I'm not a violent person, Sydney. Not at all. I'll make love over war any day. But I swear, if they'd hurt you—

What distinguishes Buddhism from any other faith I've studied—from most human beings, really—is that the people who face the wall and the people who face away from it have never fought a war over it. They're never going to agree…but they feel no need to. Buddha himself is supposed to have said, "People with opinions just go around bothering each other.

No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy. I will not fight, even to save my kingdom.

But I do not wish to fight, declared Ozma, firmly. No one has the right to destroy any living creatures, however evil they may be, or to hurt them or make them unhappy.

For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out.

A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.

To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception.

Non Violence and Religion: Both designed to keep the oppressed from murdering their oppressors.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

Nonviolence is absolute respect for each human being.

A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.

What would happen if even one generation were raised with respect and without violence?