Quotes About Nonviolence

Do not answer with the answer of silence! Do not attack one who does not attack you.

The ideal man is a man of peace.

Beware of punishing wrongfully, Do not kill, it does not serve you.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but nonviolent man is unjust by accident.

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

Nonviolence and truth (Satya) are inseparable and presuppose one another. There is no god higher than truth.

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

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

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

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.

Perhaps you will tell us now what a Doran is." "it is someone who loves all the creatures of the world, the animals, birds, plants, trees, and people, and who cannot bear to do any of them harm. It is someone who believes that they are all linked together and that therefore everything can be used to heal the pain and suffering of the world. It is someone who does not hate anybody and who is not frightened of anyone or anything.

No being has the right to say to another, "Do this, or I will hurt you".

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Practice of the Art of Peace is an act of faith, a belief in the ultimate power of nonviolence

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.