Zitat des Tages über Gewaltlosigkeit / Non-Violence:
The foundation of my beliefs is the same as it was when I was 10. Non-violence.
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.
Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated.
My main aim in 'Gandhi' was to project him as the vanguard of non-violence. Nowhere in the world has a movement of non-cooperation sans violence received so much support from masses as Gandhi's movement in India did. He was, to a great extent, responsible for freeing his nation from the British Raj.
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of Buddha dharma, Buddhist spirituality, in one's life.
Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.
When I was a student, I studied philosophy and religion. I talked about being patient. Some people say I was too hopeful, too optimistic, but you have to be optimistic just in keeping with the philosophy of non-violence.
Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.
It was the understanding of the power of perception that allowed the Martin Luther King, Jr. generations to stay true to the strategy of non-violence, refusing to retaliate when every emotional instinct would justify them doing so.