Quotes about Nonviolence

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

Part of John's meaning of the cross, then, is that it is not only what happens, purely pragmatically, when God's kingdom challenges Caesar's kingdom. It is also what has to happen if God's kingdom, which makes its way (as Jesus insists) by nonviolence rather than by violence, is to win the day.

For I shall never advise a heathen or a Turk, let alone a Christian, to attack another or begin war.

Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.

That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.

Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.