Quotes About Nonviolence

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.

We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.

Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.

Nanda broke down every barrier and won his way to freedom not by brag, not by bluster, but by the purest form of self-suffering.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

We are revolutionaries for peace and freedom, not violence. And we are going to fight through creativity rather than aggression.

Even creative nonviolence can go unnoticed unless participants are attacked.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.

The problem to me is violence. It's not cool to kill somebody or hurt people.

I must warn you against the impression that mine is the final word on nonviolence. All I claim is that every experiment of mine has deepened my faith in nonviolence as the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

Gandhi's most decisive influence on his opponents was more indirect than direct.

Satyagraha was instead an instrument of unity.

Maybe the most amazing thing about Gandhi's nonviolent revolution is, not that the British left, but that they left as friends, and that Britain and India became partners in the British Commonwealth.

When Satyagraha worked, both sides won.

Gandhi was not talking about defeating or overthrowing anyone. Satyagraha—Gandhi's nonviolent action—was not a way for one group to seize what it wanted from another. It was not a weapon of class struggle, or of any other kind of division. Satyagraha was instead an instrument of unity. It was a way to remove injustice and restore social harmony, to the benefit of both sides.

People try nonviolence for a week, and when it 'doesn't work,' they go back to violence, which hasn't worked for centuries.

Satyagraha—Gandhi's nonviolent action—was not a way for one group to seize what it wanted from another. It was not a weapon of class struggle, or of any other kind of division. Satyagraha was instead an instrument of unity. It was a way to remove injustice and restore social harmony, to the benefit of both sides.

Gandhi believed that the means of struggle a people used would shape the society that grew out of the struggle.

Gandhi called his overall method of nonviolent action Satyagraha. This translates roughly as "Truth-force.

Gandhi ruled out direct coercion, such as trying to physically block someone. Hostile language was banned. Destroying property was forbidden. Not even secrecy was allowed.

I believe in a non-killing future.

Nonviolence is the only way. Even if you achieve your goal by violent means there are always side effects, and these can be worse than the problem. Violence is against human nature.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation

At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love.