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Ahimsa Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
- He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.
- The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.
- Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.
- 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…
- The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).
- For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.
More Ahimsa Quotes
- 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… — Kevin Martin
- Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot… — Mahatma Gandhi
- The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Swami Vivekananda