Through violence, you may “solve” one problem, but you sow seeds for another. – Dalai Lama
Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down. – Malcolm X
I don’t like violence, but I’m prepared to act violently when confronted with violence and I’m going to give them more than they hoped for.
Nothing is weaker or smaller than the man who hurts women or children, whether by his actions or by his words.
The scars from mental cruelty can be as deep and long-lasting as wounds from punches or slaps but are often not as obvious. In fact, even among women who have experienced violence from a partner, half or more report that the man’s emotional abuse is what is causing them the greatest harm. – Lundy Bancroft
In some cases nonviolence requires more militancy than violence. – Cesar Chavez
Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat. -John Frederick Boyes
Any belief that cannot be defended by logic, proof or evidence is protected by hurting feelings and if needed expressed by violence. – Javed Akhtar
My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence. – Mahatma Gandhi
Violence is the language of the inarticulate. – Aussiescribbler
I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence. – Malcolm X
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
When I want to hurt someone, I use words because words hurt them in a way that really sticks in their thick skull.
At the end of the day, violence never really solves any problem…it just creates new ones.
Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive. – Anthony Burgess
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. – Mahatma Gandhi
Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. – Malcolm X
I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. – John Lennon
Hitler wanted to destroy Russia- everyone needs to remember how that ended. – Vladimir Putin
A violent order is disorder; and a great disorder is an order.These two things are one. – Wallace Stevens
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