Quotes about Nonviolence
There are some things to die for but none to kill for.
— Shane Claiborne
If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed ? but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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