Quotes about Non-violence

For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.

The practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance.

If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

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

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

Non-violence is the article of faith.

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.

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

Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and enobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

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

I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love