Quotes about Nonviolence

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

Christian nonviolence must be embodied in a community that is an alternative to the world's violence.

To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.

It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.

And when Mother Teresa was asked why she didn't participate in anti-war demonstrations, she said, "I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there." These great leaders knew that to be against something—to focus on your opposition to it—just creates more of it.

Refraining from violence is not a sign of weakness in one's faith but a sign that one's faith is unshakeable

We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.

Anytime you tell a man to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent in the face of a violent enemy, you're making that man defenseless. You're robbing him of his God-given right to defend himself.

I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.

If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.