Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to act without violence, motivated by compassion, recognising the rights of others.
Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence.
Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.
Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior...If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
Through violence, you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate.
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Assess the work of whatever others do to you or say about you, and cultivate fortitude and the understanding to appreciate their behaviour and pardon their faults. This capacity is as invaluable as truth, righteousness, wisdom, non-violence, renunciation, delight and compassion. It is all that one need possess for spiritual advancement.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.
Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
Be the change you want to see.
We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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