Quotes about Nonviolence

First of all, I was a good Christian kid. My mom and dad taught me never to fight. So I never fought. The other kids picked that up right away. They said, 'Oh, he's not going to try to do anything.' They'd push me, shove me, hit me. I'd just stand there and take it.

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

Had dad chosen to use violence he would have been immediately annihilated.

The man who coerces another not to eat fish commits more violence than he who eats it.

I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been.

The man or the woman who can display the nonviolence of the brave can easily stand against as external invasion.

The nonviolent man automatically becomes a servant of God.

Nonviolence, applied to very large masses of mankind, is a new experiment in the history of the world.

Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.

Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face.

I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.