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"I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight...I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence."
— Thich Nhat Hanh

tags: anger, love, nonviolence

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"The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations."
— David Friedman

tags: nonviolence, politics

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"Had he learned nothing from all those years of teaching Hawthorne? Through story after story he’d led his boys to consider the folly of obsession with purity – its roots sunk deep in pride, flowering condemnation and violence against others and self."
— Tobias Wolff

tags: hawthorne, nonviolence, purity, violence

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"Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love. "
— Martin Luther King Jr. (Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story)

tags: hate, love, nonviolence

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"Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work."
— Cesar Chavez

tags: nonviolence

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