Jesus was the most active resister known to history. His was nonviolence par excellence.

It is my great hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom, he will plunge deeper into the philosophy of non-violence. As a race we must work passionately and unrelentingly for first-class citizenship, but we must never use second class methods to gain it.

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.

The beauty of non-violence is that is makes it possible for the individual to struggle to secure moral ends through moral means.

As you press on for justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapon of love.

The beauty of non-violence is that it is possible to fight war without violence, and it is possible to struggle for that which is right with love in one's heart.