144 Quotes by Joan Baez

If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how?

I went to jail for 11 days for disturbing the peace; I was trying to disturb the war.

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

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?

The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands a few feet above napalm, torture, exploitation, poison gas, A and H bombs, the works. Give man a decent place to stand.

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.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.