Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old nonviolence quotes, nonviolence sayings, and nonviolence proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence is the answer for the questions of our time. Love will conquer evil every time.James F. Twyman
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Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.John Lewis
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Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.Mahatma Gandhi
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A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence against humans cannot take firm hold in society as long as brutality and violence are practiced toward other animals.Robert Thurman
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Nonviolence is the virtue of the manly. The coward is innocent of it.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.Martin Luther King Jr.
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The ultimate way to solve human problems is with nonviolence.Dalai Lama
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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.Mahatma Gandhi
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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.
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The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us.Mahatma Gandhi
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The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.Mahatma Gandhi
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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.Thomas A. Edison
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Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller.Mahatma Gandhi
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.Mahatma Gandhi
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In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.Vinoba Bhave
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Non-violence can truly flourish when the world is free of poverty, hunger, discrimination, exclusion, intolerance and hatred - when women and men can realize their highest potential and live a secure and fulfilling life. Until then, each and every one of us would have to contribute - collectively and individually - to build peace through non-violence.Anwarul Karim Chowdhury
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Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence is not just abstention from war, fighting, or animal flesh. It is abstention from negative thoughts and negative speech.Nathaniel Altman
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A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.Grace Lee Boggs
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I'm convinced nonviolence can be successful in working for positive change in our relations with other countries right now.Dorothy Cotton