Quotes of Nonviolence - somelinesforyou

“ Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. ”

- Bible

“ That's all nonviolence is - organized love. ”

- Joan Baez

“ Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak…Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. ”

- Joan Baez

“ Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence. ”

- Joan Baez

“ Nonviolence is fine as long as it works. ”

- Malcolm X

“ Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: he's pitiful to flies even. "Sing," says he, "and tease me still, if that's your way, poor insect.". ”

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“ Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it. The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ She developed the King Center in Atlanta, and she made it possible for his message, particularly his emphasis on nonviolence which many people sort of have let slip — she helped keep that alive. ”

- Julian Bond

“ Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation… ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood. ”

- Myriam Miedzian

“ Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our very being. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ The alternative to violence is dialogue. ”

- Marshall McLuhan

“ Anger is the enemy of nonviolence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

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

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ You must show the world that you abhor fighting. ”

- Desmond Tutu

“ Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment. ”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

“ Nonviolence is not to be used ever as the shield of the coward. It is the weapon of the brave. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Truth is my God. Nonviolence is my way of realizing Him. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ The first principal of nonviolent action is that of noncooperation with everything humiliating. ”

- Cesar Chavez

“ The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good. ”

- A. J. Muste
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