My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My ahimsa is my own. I am not able to accept in its entirety the doctrine of non-killing of animals. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You should not cause hurt even by a word, a look or a gesture. Tolerance, fortitude, equanimity - these help you to… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If the lambs of the world had been willingly led, they would have long ago saved themselves from the butcher's knife. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
By ahimsa we will be able to save the cow and also win the friendship of the English. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If the circulation of blood theory could not have been discovered without vivisection, the human kind could well have done without it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I see a clear breach of ahimsa even in driving away monkeys; the breach would be proportionately greater if they have to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Non-violence (Ahimsa) is a very big thing. There is no non-celibacy (sexual pleasures) in Non-violence. There is no possession (parigraha) in Non-violence.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“This ahimsa is the basis of the search for truth. I am realizing every day that the search is vain unless it… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
So long as all is ordered for attack, and that alone, leaders will instinctively increase the number of enemies that they may… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to… — Kevin Martin Copy Share Image
“An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify animal use, however “humane” it… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“If we are ever going to see a paradigm shift, we have to be clear about how we want the present paradigm… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests in being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive-it… — Toni Packer Copy Share Image
Non-injuring has to be attained by him who would be free. No one is more powerful than he who has attained perfect… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A sadhak (one who does spiritual practice) will not have time to indulge in gossip. They will not feel like talking to… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
