Nonviolence
How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
There is no way to peace, peace is the only way.
You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, do not retaliate against an evildoer.
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.
If you're neutral in situations of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.
Anything war can do, peace can do better.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
For a nonviolent person, the whole world is one family.
You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies.
Everyone in the world knows that Jesus and His teachings were nonviolent except Christians.
Gandhi was probably the first person in history to lift the love ethic of Jesus above mere interaction between individuals to a powerful and effective social force on a large scale. Love for Gandhi was a potent instrument for social and collective transformation. It was in this Gandhian emphasis on love and nonviolence that I discovered the method for social reform that I had been seeking.
Love is the most humble force, but the most powerful available to the world.
At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love.
They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.
Take up your cross and follow me.
Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and the bravest.