Quotes about Nonviolence
To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Force, violence, pressure, or compulsion with a view to conformity, are both uncivilized and undemocratic
- Mahatma Gandhi
A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
- Wayne Dyer
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
- Abraham Lincoln
Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.