"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
-Gandhi
"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
"The essence of nonviolence is love. Out of love and the willingness to act selflessly, strategies, tactics, and techniques for a nonviolent struggle arise naturally. Nonviolence is not a dogma; it is a process."
-Thich Nhat Hanh
"Violence just hurts those who are already hurt... Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it."
-Cesar Chavez
"All forms of violence - physical, economic, racial, religious, sexual, ideological, and others - that have been used to block human progress are repugnant to humanists."
-Silo
"All who affirm the use of violence admit it is only a means to achieve justice and peace. But peace and justice are nonviolence...the final end of history. Those who abandon nonviolence have no sense of history. Rathy they are bypassing history, freezing history, betraying history."
-André Trocmé
"That's all nonviolence is - organized love."
-Joan Baez
"I therefore think that the concept of violence is now unsuitable. Nonviolence is the appropriate method."
-Dalai Lama
"The establishment irritates you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight because once they've got you violent they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humour."
-John Lennon
"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time;
the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to
oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method
which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."
-Martin Luther King
"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him."
-Gandhi
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."
-Buddah
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
-Jesus
"To overcome evil with good is
good, to resist evil by evil is evil."
-Mohammed
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