Quotes about Nonviolence

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.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

I believe the gun has no power at all.

There is no religion in fact that I know that encourages or propagates violence in that its adherents should carry out.

There has never been a time in my life when I felt that I could take a gun and shoot down a fellow-being. In this respect I am a Quaker.

To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.

Violence has never resolved any issue.

There's nothing militant about Jesus. I don't read anything like that in any of the gospels. Peter drew his sword and cut off the servant's ear, and Jesus said, Put back thy sword, Peter. But Peter has had his sword out and at work ever since.

Consider all of the possibilities for positive global progress if we utilized nonviolence as the central value of our culture, encompassing our law enforcement and labor practices, which currently include people in numerous nations working for inhumane wages in unhealthy conditions.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.

For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity.