"The strength to kill is not essential for……" — Mahatma Gandhi

More Ahimsa Quotes

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• Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all… — 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… — Kevin Martin
• Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If… — Mahatma Gandhi
• The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be… — 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… — Swami Vivekananda
• The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation… — 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;… — Swami Vivekananda

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