Desmond Tutu Quotes

I'd never hurt another person.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.

Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could, for all those born beneath an angry star, lest we forget how fragile we are.

War would end if the dead could return.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

I don't support violence, period.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

Gentleness is the antidote for cruelty.

I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

One can imagine nonviolent or minimally violent ways to reduce or eliminate hatred, but there's no mollifying evil.

We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.

No doubt it requires two to fight. But both of them need not necessarily be fighters. It is, all the same, a fight, even if one goes on beating and the other gets beaten. There is no guarantee that others would behave properly with us even if we remain peaceful and cordial with them.

This is the vow to those consumed by hatred. We have but one path—waging war on them to the death.

Violence against violence? That will never solve the problem.

An angry generation will not bring peace to the world; I do believe that.

Violence doesn't interest me very much.

I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.

When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.

The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.

We shall not kill and maybe next time we even won't.

Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

Humankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence. Hatred can be overcome only by love. Counter - hatred only increases the surface as well as the depth of hatred.