Ahimsa Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

“Ahimsa is a comprehensive principle. We are helpless mortals caught in the conflagration of himsa. The saying that life lives on life has a…

— Gandhi

The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The greatest violence (hinsa) in this world is that of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays – the ones that gives pain to soul).”

— Dada Bhagwan

A nonviolent warrior knows no leaving the battle. He rushes into the mouth of himsa, never even once harbouring an evil thought.

— Mahatma Gandhi

True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“This ahimsa is the basis of the search for truth. I am realizing every day that the search is vain unless it is founded…

— Mahatma Gandhi

One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The test of ahimsa is the absence of jealousy. The man whose heart never cherishes even the thought of injury to anyone, who rejoices…

— Swami Vivekananda

He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion.

— Claudius Claudianus

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are…

— Pete Hamill

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

— David O. McKay

He who sows evil reaps remorse.

— Arabic Proverb