Nonaggression Quotes

I do not like violence.

I believe in the philosophy of turning the other cheek.

We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.

I hate to admit this, but I've never actually hit anyone. I don't even kill wasps or spiders. I'm pretty veggie as well. In fact, really, I'm New Age.

Buddhas have a strength which is not of this world. Their strength is totally of love... Like a rose flower or a dewdrop. Their strength is very fragile, vulnerable. Their strength is the strength of life not of death. Their power is not of that which kills; their power is of that which creates. Their power is not of violence, aggression; their power is that of compassion.

I may add that we have more than once stated our willingness to conclude nonaggression pacts with the states neighboring our own!

I don't like violence.

Whoever has the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you try to dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolve conflict, not how to start it.

I'm concerned about justice. I'm concerned about brotherhood. I'm concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about these, he can never advocate violence.

We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means. We can see how child rearing patterns produce nurturing adult behaviors.

The way to disarm is to disarm....

I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.

Pacifism is patriotism.

My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him.

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

Two would actually do it- two magic words that could replace all the religions in the world- two wonderful words that embrace all the powers and all of the energy we need to survive with each other and with our planet and with all the world's living creatures- don't hurt.

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.

I'm a man of peace.

Violence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.

I am a pacifist.