Nonviolence Quotes Quotes & Sayings

No one is exempt from he heartbreak that life brings, something we need to be reminded of when it comes our way. — Cassandra King

Only the brave men and women can bring peace to the world, not by practicing war but by practicing nonviolence. — Amit Ray

I am convinced that even violent temperaments can be channeled through nonviolent discipline, if they can act constructively and express through an effective channel their very legitimate anger. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I will not feed again until I find her." Stubborn? Perhaps. But he'd made a decision from that first taste. He'd never feed from another. If he starved himself, so be it. — Kate Baxter

The question was not whether one should use his gun when his home was attacked, but whether it was tactically wise to use a gun while participating in an organized demonstration. If they lowered the banner of nonviolence, I said, Mississippi injustice would not be exposed and the moral issues would be obscured. — Martin Luther King Jr.

All my adult life I have deplored violence and war as instruments for achieving solutions to mankind's problems. I am firmly committed to the creative power of nonviolence as the force which is capable of winning lasting and meaningful brotherhood and peace. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I have tried to offer them my deepest compassion while maintaining my conviction that social change comes most meaningfully through nonviolent action. — Martin Luther King Jr.

You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning. — Margaret Thatcher

Non-violence is more powerful than violence. Nature eliminates violent animals bit by bit. — Amit Ray

Nonviolence is power, but it is the right and good use of power. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Nonviolence aims at doing no harm to living being. Compassion aims at doing good to all being. — Amit Ray

If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders. -Unknown — Vi Keeland

Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers. — Don Roff

After the riot in Chicago that Summer, I was greatly discouraged. But we had trained a group of about two thousand disciplined devotees of nonviolence who were willing to take blows without retaliation. We started out engaging in constitutional privileges, marching before real estate offices in all-white communities. And that nonviolent , disciplined, determined force created such a crisis in the city of Chicago that the city had to do something to change conditions. We didn't have any Molotov cocktails, we didn't have any bricks, we didn't have guns, we just had the power of our bodies and our souls. There was power there, and it was demonstrated once more. — Martin Luther King Jr.

To transform experience and thought into language and narrative - that is beautiful even if that beauty is in brokenness. — Alice Sebold

Love is an energy that is addictive, contagious and free. Earn it, chase it, give it to those in need. — Aaron Lauritsen

It is simply my way of saying that I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity. Occasionally in life one develops a conviction so precious and meaningful that he will stand on it till the end. That is what I have found in nonviolence. — Martin Luther King Jr.

We have the ability to pass our memories on. We just have to tell them to someone. — Sarah Ockler

Compassion stands on the pillars of trust, love, awareness and detachment. — Amit Ray

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation. — John Ratzenberger

The time had come- indeed it was past due- when I had to disavow and dissociate myself from those who in the name of peace burn, maim, and kill. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I have a Missouri Fox Trotter. So mine's like a quarter horse, but just a much better gait - it moves very fast. — Mitt Romney

Without basic human values guiding us, we become morally bankrupt. Without love as our purpose, we become empty. Without understanding of both of these, we become lost. — Dr. Milan LaBrey