(noun) Extreme force. Example: "The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive."
"Violence is not only impractical but immoral."
"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."
"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding."
"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
"The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence."
"Everyone has violence in themselves. I'm violent."
"We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion."
"Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others."
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."
"There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for."
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."