Non-violence Quotes

"Supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." "There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and non-violence against a government whose reply is only savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people" "We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the positive affirmation of peace." "It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it." "Peace is not an absence of war; it is a virtue; a state of mind; a disposition for benevolence; confidence; and justice" "Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is" "Since it is impossible to eliminate wars the most important thing is to disarm them" "Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." "Our patience will achieve more than our force" "Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war." "If we are to reach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children" "Conflict cannot survive without your participation" "War is over if you want it" "A people free to choose will always choose peace" "Ideas are not susceptible to the force of bayonets "