Quotes about Nonviolence
The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.
- Thomas Merton
I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there.
- Mother Teresa
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
- Mahatma Gandhi
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force.
- St. John Chrysostom
Raise your thoughts, not your fists.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.