Quotes About Nonviolence

So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate—do you hear me? no man may start—the use of physical force against others.

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.

Veganism is not a limitation in any way; it's an expansion of your love, your commitment to nonviolence, and your belief in justice for all.

Love all men as God, even if they hurt you or shame you. Be like Gandhi and Christ.

We've mistaken King's nonviolence for passivity. We've forgotten that his approach was more aggressive than anything the country had seen—that he used peaceful protest as a lever to force those in power to give up many of the privileges they'd hoarded.

Violence is the method by which the ruthless few can subdue the passive many. Nonviolence is the method by which the active many can overcome the ruthless few.

only ever stole from those who had money to spare and remained adamant that crime need not involve thuggery: the Pinkertons found it astonishing that "throughout his career he never used a revolver or jeopardized the life of a victim.

As I reflect on the legacy of my father, the greatest aspect is his legacy of peace.

As a woman I can't go to war, and I refuse to send anyone else.

If you're against war, you're against war regardless of what happens. It's a wrong method of trying to settle a dispute.

I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.

My dream is that one day, all people will live without fear, in real peace, with no fighting and no hostility.

I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.

Whoever endures abuse, assault, and imprisonment Without animosity, And who has forbearance as one's strength, As one's mighty army, I call a brahmin.

That's all I want- to do no harm.

I hate guns, I think they're the worst thing ever invented.

My message is, if someone beats you, act like you don't have hands. If someone slurs you, act like you don't have a tongue. Society is already polarized enough, don't make it worse.

We totally and absolutely renounce all forms of terrorism.

Violence is for those who have lost their imagination.

Violence is for those who have lost their imagination. Has your country lost its imagination?

Violence is often the instrument of those who are impatient, those who lack imagination, those who cannot wait on justice or freedom or redemption.

Limiting violence was a good place to start. Abolishing it is a good place to end.

Second-century Bible scholar Origen of Alexandria wrote, "We do not arm ourselves against any nation; we do not learn the art of war; because, through Jesus Christ, we have become the children of peace.