43 result(s) for Violence Quotes.
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
"Where violence begins, freedom ends."
"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."
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
"The function of violence is to obtain reform by intimidation."
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."
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"Violence is a disease. You don't cure it by spreading it to more people."
"There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare."
"Wars begin in the minds of men."
"Violence is anything that prevents human beings from developing their full potential."
"Violence is the weapon of the weak."
"It is not enough to say, 'We must not wage war.' It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it."
"The choice is not between violence and non-violence, but between non-violence and non-existence."
"The only way to abolish war is to make peace heroic."
"Do not resort to violence. If we resort to violence, then we will be sinking to the level of our oppressors."
"To build peace, we must abandon violence."
"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."
"It's not enough to be against war. You must be for peace."
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"Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are."
"Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon itself."
"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
"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."
"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 violence and oppression."
"Violence is a disease, you have to heal it."
"The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime."
"There is no comparison between that which is lost by war and that which is gained. War is destruction."
"I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work, and hope, and slumber, and the divine sky and the faces of loved ones. Perhaps, besides, some books, perhaps some music; then a neighbor or two dropping in from time to time."
"We must remember that violence is not only morally wrong but pragmatically unwise."
"Violence is not strength, and compassion is not weakness."
"The choice is not between violence and nonviolence, but between nonviolence and nonexistence."
"All violence is a form of blackmail."
"Nothing is achieved by violence."
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"Only those are pacifists who have either not seen war or who have seen only war. The mere absence of war is not peace."
"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."
"Peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of justice."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
"The only alternative to violence is gentleness."
"We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace."
"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love."
