Nonviolence Quotes

Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

The point on nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.

In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.

Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.

nonviolence first changes the individual.

But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.

Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.

Nonviolence is the way to listen to the inner voice.

Nonviolence is one of those immutable principles that we cannot and must not deviate from.

Nonviolence to be a creed has to be all-pervasive.

Veganism is about nonviolence: nonviolence to other sentient beings; nonviolence to yourself; nonviolence to the earth.

The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.

A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.

Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.

Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.

Tolstoy was the greatest apostle of nonviolence that the present age has produced.

I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.

The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.

True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

I have no weapon but nonviolence.

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.

It is much more difficult to live for nonviolence than to die for it.

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed.

Truth and nonviolence are perhaps the activest forces you have in the world.

We must follow nonviolence and love.

There can be no nonviolence offered by the militarily strong.

Nonviolence abhors fear and therefore, secrecy.

For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.

No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.

Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.

Truth stands for the fact, nonviolence negates the fact.

Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.

The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.

The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.

Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative.

Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.

We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.

Nonviolence requires great patience.

There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.

My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.

Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war.

The panoplied warrior of truth and nonviolence is ever and incessantly active.

Ours has not been unadulterated nonviolence in thought, word and deed.

The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.

Nonviolence is the summit of bravery.