Nonviolence Jainism Quotes

We are killing, every one of us, every moment of the day - just by living. And if one realizes this, is this very realization itself not a conscious consent to murder? If a truly circumspect Jain was truly serious about not killing anything, wouldn't his only recourse be to kill himself? ~ Mark X.

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage? Without her, man could not be. If nonviolence is the law of our being, the future is with woman. Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman?
[To the Women of India (Young India, Oct. 4, 1930)] ~ Mahatma Gandhi

In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would face the same unchanged conditions, the same squalor and deprivation-the only difference being that his bitterness would be even more intense, his disenchantment even more abject. Thus, in purely practical as well as moral terms, the American Negro has no rational alternative to nonviolence. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is kindling light of love into the dark places and budding trust from the threshold of hopelessness. ~ Amit Ray

My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. The more you develop it in your own being, the more it overwhelms your surroundings and by and by might oversweep the world. ~ M K Gandhi

My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. ~ Mark Pryor

Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. ~ Joan Baez

We often forget that calling for peace is the most courageous act we can take. It's easy to call for revenge, to claim injustice, and to launch an attack. It's much more difficult to forgive, to call for peace, to lay down weapons. ~ Dillon Burroughs

Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for non-violence. Violence does not mean the emancipation from fear, but discovering the means of combating the cause of fear. Nonviolence, on the other hand, has no cause for fear. The votary of nonviolence has to cultivate the capacity for sacrifice of the highest type in order to be free from fear. He recks not if he should lose his land, his wealth, his life. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

May peace rule the universe; may peace rule in kingdoms and empires; may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates; may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies. ~ Virchand Gandhi

Among all the methods, non-violence is most successful, and I strongly believe that only non-violence can set the true mood of peace and harmony among the nuclear nations. Our experiments with non-violence should be more wide, more engaging and more humble. ~ Amit Ray

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence. ~ Cesar Chavez

Violence sometimes may have cleared away obstructions quickly, but it never has proved itself creative. ~ Albert Einstein

If there is real non-violence in us, there can be no war in the world. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a plan of life based on nonviolence, woman has as much right to shape her own destiny as man has to shape his. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. ~ Nelson Mandela

Welfare reforms and the whole "happy" exploitation movement are not "baby steps." They are big steps–in a seriously backward direction. ~ Gary L. Francione

Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally. ~ Coretta Scott King

It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

The path of nonviolence is the path of respect. It is respect towards every being. It is the path of awakening the consciousness of every being. ~ Amit Ray

Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

*A leap of faith is required if we are to believe that nonviolence can heal a violent world, that turning the other cheek when struck, instead of striking back, can end a fight. We need faith to believe that by loving our enemy we can eventually transform him into an ally; that even when nonviolence fails to achieve peace, it can succeed in curing hate.** ~ Robert Lawrence Smith

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

One tended to lose one's bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate. ~ Tom Robbins

So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence. ~ Satish Kumar

Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonviolence worked in Serbia, and it can work in other countries seeking their freedom. ~ Janine Di Giovanni