We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

Joan Baez
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  1. I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. - Chief Joseph

  2. Compassion is the signature of Higher Consciousness. Non-violence is the tool to evolve into the Higher Consciousness. - Amit Ray

  3. Your blessings are very important to melt down the stony hearts. - Amit Ray

  4. As per the law of karma, that which is your meat today, this dear beloved animal will make mincemeat of you tomorrow. In another birth. - Fakeer Ishavardas

  5. An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to... - Mahatma Gandhi

More Quotes By Joan Baez
  1. If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

  2. The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence.

  3. You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

  4. To sing is to love and affirm to fly and soar to coast into the hearts of the people who listen to tell them that life is to live that love is there that nothing is a promise but that beauty exists and must be...

  5. The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

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