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I expect to pass through this world but once, therefore any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not come this way again.
- Stephen Grellett
War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny.
- Charles DeGaulle
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
- Cesar Chavez
There is no conflict that cannot be resolved. Violent conflict is created and sustained by human beings, and it can be ended by human beings.
- George Mitchell
We are, each of us angels with only one wing; and we can only fly by embracing one another.
- Luciano de Crescenzo
Information is the currency of democracy.
- Thomas Jefferson
Gandhi once declared that it was his wife who unwittingly taught him the effectiveness of nonviolence. Who better than women should know that battles can be won without resort to physical strength?
- Barbara Deming
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
- Alfred Adler
The trouble of half-truths is the other half.
- Kenneth Boulding
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.
- Cesar Chavez
Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.
- Lord Chesterfield
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
- Hubert H. Humphrey
The people who burned witches at the stake never...thought of their act as violence...[but rather] as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed.
- Gil Bailie
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.