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 a weapon of the strong."

"There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for."

"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."

"If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'."

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

"Violence is not only impractical but immoral."

"Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others."

"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding."

"The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence."

"Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction."

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."