Ahimsa Quotes
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Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.
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A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.
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My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.
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Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.
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The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
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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 something to do.
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The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.
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Cow-protection can only be secured by cultivating universal friendliness, i.e. ahimsa.
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Ahimsa is nothing if not a well-balanced, exquisite consideration for one's neighbour, and an idle man is wanting in that elementary consideration.
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Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.
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It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.
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Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.
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Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.
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Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God.
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The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.
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The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).
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One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and love.
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True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.
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Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.
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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 is humanly possible from violence.