Thursday, September 13, 2012

Non-Violence Quotes

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. 
Martin Luther King, Jr. 

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence. 
Malcolm X 

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

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. 
Thomas A. Edison 

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

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 being. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

Non-violence is the article of faith. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man. 
Mahatma Gandhi 

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. 
Albert Camus 

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people. 
Nelson Mandela 

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. 
Al Sharpton 

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful. 
Alexandra Paul 

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. 
Cesar Chavez 

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. 
Joan Baez 

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. 
Cesar Chavez 

You're lucky I took me a vow of non-violence, or you'd be suffering some pain right now. 
Mike Fink

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