{"quotes":[{"text":"It may be considered folly by common opinion but this refusal to destroy life unnecessarily, this reverence for it, must become a deeply implanted part of his ethical standard.","author":"Paul Brunton","tags":["ethics","nonviolence","vegetarianism"],"id":354,"author_id":"Paul+Brunton"},{"text":"The goals of true education are to teach acceptance, tolerance, and nonviolence.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["acceptance","education","goal","happiness","hope","inspirational","intelligence","knowledge","life","love","nonviolence","philosophy","teach","tolerance","truth","wisdom"],"id":2340,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"Every time you drink a glass of milk or eat a piece of cheese, you harm a mother. Please go vegan.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolitionist","animal-products","dairy","exploitation","francione","milk","mother","nonviolence","slavery","veganism"],"id":7965,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"The more we practice nonviolence in our words, thoughts and actions the more peaceful will be our inner state.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["inner-state","love","nonviolence","peace"],"id":11457,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","education","exploitation","francione","inspirational","justice","life","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace-making","peace-movement","peace-on-earth","rights","sentience","slavery","veganism","wisdom"],"id":16314,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.","author":"Virchand Gandhi","tags":["ahimsa","compassion","evolution","inspirational","jainism","live","living-life","motivational","nonviolence","nonviolence-jainism","peace","religion","universe"],"id":19027,"author_id":"Virchand+Gandhi"},{"text":"There's a place between passivity and violence. I'll meet you there.","author":"Rivera Sun","tags":["action","change","inspiration","love","nonviolence","peace"],"id":25553,"author_id":"Rivera+Sun"},{"text":"Veganism is about nonviolence. It is about not engaging in harm to other sentient beings; to oneself; and to the environment upon which all beings depend for life. In my view, the animal rights movement is, at its core, a movement about ending violence to all sentient beings. It is a movement that seeks fundamental justice for all. It is an emerging peace movement that does not stop at the arbitrary line that separates humans from nonhumans.","author":"Gary L. Francione","tags":["abolition","abolitionist","ahimsa","animals","exploitation","inspirational","justice","movement","nonviolence","peace","peace-movement","rights","veganism"],"id":34521,"author_id":"Gary+L.+Francione"},{"text":"One tended to lose one’s bearings in the presence of willful and persistent acts of craziness, and the more gentle the act, the crazier it seemed, as if rage and violence, being closer to the norm, were easier to accommodate.","author":"Tom Robbins","tags":["craziness","gentleness","nonviolence","violence"],"id":37405,"author_id":"Tom+Robbins"},{"text":"Nonviolence is power, but it is the right and good use of power.","author":"Martin Luther King Jr.","tags":["nonviolence","nonviolence","nonviolent","power"],"id":43880,"author_id":"Martin+Luther+King+Jr."}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":122,"pages":13,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}