Violence And Peace Quotes

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict – alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political moral questions of our time.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

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.

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

That’s all nonviolence is – organized love.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

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.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy… In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.