Quotes about Nonviolence
Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.
- Mahatma Gandhi
War should we waged without love of violence, cruelty, or enmity.
- St. Augustine
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Conquer the heart of the enemy with truth and love, not by violence.
- Mahatma Gandhi
There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi
The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi
I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.
- Mahatma Gandhi
I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.
- Mahatma Gandhi
There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.
- Mahatma Gandhi
The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.
- Mahatma Gandhi
My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.
- Mahatma Gandhi
We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force.
- Martin Luther