Transformative Nonviolence
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Transformative Nonviolence
Nonviolence takes another approach. Practitioners of nonviolence seek to become their truest selves by slowly learning to love all beings, confident that all are kin and that we are called to embody this kinship concretely, especially in the midst of our most difficult and challenging conflicts.... Nonviolence is committed to challenging and resist... See more
Nonviolence Is an Act of Love
Active nonviolence calls us:
- To learn to recognize and respect “the sacred” in every person, including in ourselves, and in every piece of Creation....
- To accept oneself deeply, “who I am” with all my gifts and richness, with all my limitations, errors, failings and weaknesses, and to realize that I am accepted by God....
- To recognize that what I rese
Being Peace, Making Peace: Weekly Summary
- Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
- Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
- Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.
- Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
- Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
- Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Six Principles of Nonviolence
Nonviolence is not a set of techniques that you can learn with your intellect. Nonviolent action naturally arises from the compassion, lucidity, and understanding you have within.
Thich Nhat Hanh • At Home In The World: Stories and Essential Teachings From A Monk's Life
Non-violence can be born only from the insight of non-duality, of inter-being. This is the insight that everything is interconnected and nothing can exist by itself alone.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Anger: Buddhist Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
heart. Mahatma Gandhi acknowledged, “Nonviolence requires more courage than violence.”