Ahimsa Quotes - Page 4

• Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Action, Exploration

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.299, Rajpal & Sons

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• 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 his war-strewn presidency shows, George Bush knows nothing about ahimsa and non-violence. Bush should reconsider this cynical, disrespectful display of symbolism.

  Kevin Martin

  War, Men, Symbolism

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• Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Roots, Hatred, Selfless

  Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.78, Penguin Books India

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• 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 social contract theory of Hobbes, the "back to nature" optimism of Rousseau, and the superman philosophy of Nietzsche, I found in the nonviolent resistance philosophy of Gandhi. I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Philosophy, Struggle, People

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1964). “A Martin Luther King Treasury”

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• Ahimsa is the strongest force known.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Force, Strongest, Known

  Mahatma Gandhi (194?). “Gandhi's Wisdom Box”

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• Ahimsa calls for the strength and courage to suffer without retaliation, to receive blows without returning any.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Blow, Suffering, Retaliation

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.58, New Directions Publishing

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• Ahimsa was preached to man when he was in full vigor of life and able to look his adversaries straight in the face.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Looks, Vigor

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.107, Tara Publishing

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• I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Philosophical, Animal

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.151, Rajpal & Sons

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• It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Christian, War, Caring

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• I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Zero, Humility, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.35, A&C Black

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• The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Discipline, Grace, Owners

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

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• My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Doctrine, Twins, Satya

  Mahatma Gandhi (1950). “Hindu Dharma”

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• Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and the image of ahimsa. A real khadi-wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi-wearer will harbour no violence, no deceit, no impurity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Foundation, Deceit

  Gandhi (Mahatma) (1938). “Cent per cent Swadeshi: or, The economics of village industries”

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• Which religion gives the greatest joy to God? That which inspires human beings to practice Ahimsa and compassion to all creatures.

  Vallabha Acharya

  Compassion, Practice, Giving

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• What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fearless, Draws

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Christian, Teaching, Scripture

  Mahatma Gandhi (1978). “Hindu Dharma”, p.126, Orient Paperbacks

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• Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Theory, Knows, Indefinable

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

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• Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Practice, Might, Imperfect

  Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

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• The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Doe, Impossible, Application

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• The votary of ahimsa has only one fear, that is, of God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.77, A&C Black

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• Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Height, Dharma, Climax

  Mahatma Gandhi (1941). “The Indian States' Problem”

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• Indeed, these errors and my prompt confessions have made me surer, if possible, of my insight into the implications of truth and ahimsa.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Errors, Confession, Made

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Numbers, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Truth and Non-Violence”, Clarendon Press

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• The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Doctrine, Culture

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.221, Tara Publishing

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• Unless the charkha adds to your ahimsa and makes you stronger every day, your Gandhism is of little avail.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Stronger, Add, Littles

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