Ahimsa Quotes

33 Ahimsa quotes by 14 unique authors

Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures. — Unknown Author
He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As… — Kevin Martin
Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in… — Mahatma Gandhi
The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred and be respected.… — Nathaniel Altman
Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept. — Swami Vivekananda
Non-injuring has to be attained by him who would be free. No one is more powerful than he who has attained perfect non-injuring. No one… — Swami Vivekananda
The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to… — Swami Vivekananda
The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy. — Swami Vivekananda
There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation. — Swami Vivekananda
There is no virtue higher than non-injury. — Swami Vivekananda
These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of… — Swami Vivekananda
There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that… — Swami Vivekananda
Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury. — Swami Vivekananda
To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down… — Swami Vivekananda
H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the… — Mahatma Gandhi
Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as… — Mahatma Gandhi
The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The emergence and blossoming of understanding, love, and intelligence has nothing to do with any tradition, no matter how ancient or impressive-it has nothing to… — Toni Packer
So long as all is ordered for attack, and that alone, leaders will instinctively increase the number of enemies that they may give their followers… — William Butler Yeats
The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force. — Mahatma Gandhi
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die. — Mahatma Gandhi
Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire. — Mahatma Gandhi
Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living… — Mahatma Gandhi
All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One. — Black Elk

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