Inspirational Nonviolence Quotes & Sayings

Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community. — Martin Luther King Jr.

In England we are sort of very awkward. — Tom Felton

The goals of true education are to teach acceptance, tolerance, and nonviolence. — Debasish Mridha

For peace, let us teach the humanity, tolerance and nonviolence. — Debasish Mridha

Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings depend for life. In my view, the animal rights movement is, at its core, a movement about ending violence to all sentient beings. It is a movement that seeks fundamental justice for all. It is an emerging peace movement that does not stop at the arbitrary line that separates humans from nonhumans. — Gary L. Francione

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion. — Virchand Gandhi

Faith is the only thing that will ever close the gap between our theology and our reality. — Beth Moore

Photography was seen as the enemy of all the values of late modernism ... and as things turned out, it was. — Mel Bochner

I think the level of criticism you're under is never healthy. I think that's why lots of people in Hollywood end up in rehab. There are the ups and downs. I was never a fan of the attention. — Lauren Conrad

Of the seven deadly sins, lust is definitely the pick of the litter. — Tom Robbins

People ask me how come you've been around so long. Well, it's through playing the part of Mr Average Joe American. — Gary Cooper

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?
[To the Women of India (Young India, Oct. 4, 1930)] — Mahatma Gandhi

Have you ever seen a person who was receiving a blood transfusion? The blood was precious, life-giving, and certainly not repulsive. The blood of Christ may seem to be a grim and repulsive subject ... [but] the blood of Christ is precious. — Billy Graham

When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence. — Mahatma Gandhi

These "sometimey" feelings are welcomed to stay ... reminiscent of ying and yang: they need eachother to help me get through the good & bad days — Alexandra Elle

What?" The dread in her tone told Rob she knew what. "How much longer?"
"Thirty seconds."
She laughed with a panicked urgency. "I just tried to nod. I can't feel my body, but I keep reaching for it, you know?"
Rob nodded, feeling guilty he was able to.
"How about this? I'll just tell you when I'm nodding, or shaking my head, or punching you."
"Oh, no," Rob laughed, "are you planning on punching me often?"
"We'll see."
Rob couldn't help glancing at the timer, though he knew it would only make Winter more aware of what was about to happen. Seven seconds.
"I keep expecting this to get easier, taht it will start to feel as if I'm going to sleep. But it doesn't. Maybe it's not possible to get used to dying."
Rob reached out to comfort her, then remembered it was forbidden and drew back. If not for the surveillance, Rob would have reached under the silver cover and taken her hand, cold and stiff as it would have been. — Will McIntosh