Himsa Quotes & Sayings

Imagination has to do with one's awareness of the reality of other people as well as of one's own reality. Imagination is a bridge between the provincialism of the self and the great world. — Paula Fox

True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up. — Mahatma Gandhi

Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent. — Mahatma Gandhi

Those that are afraid to buy are always afraid to sell. — Marshall Sylver

In matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little. — Jose Saramago

In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh. — Robert Englund

If our ahimsa is not of the brave but of the weak, and if it will bend the knee before himsa, Gandhism deserves to be destroyed. — Mahatma Gandhi

He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

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For death and mourning the color's white

Gold for a bride in her wedding gown

And red to call enchantment down.

White silk when our bodies burn,

Blue banners when the lost return.

Flame for the birth of a Nephilim,

And to wash away our sins.

Gray for knowledge best untold,

Bone for those who don't grow old.

Saffron lights the victory march,

Green will mend our broken hearts.

Silver for the demon towers,

And bronze to summon wicked powers. — Cassandra Clare

impaling me upon the scepter of his rugged, rock-hard passion. — Willow Wilde

I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege, .. My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man. — Cary Elwes

For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. — Kahlil Gibran

The state doesn't own your children. Parents own the children. — Rand Paul

We think our PS3 game is better than their Xbox game. — John Riccitiello

The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The Olympic charter also says sports must be sports. — Peter Sagal

It was ugly and precious all at once. — Alice Sebold

The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind. — Mahatma Gandhi

What you don't do can be a destructive force. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Any act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

When there is no desire for fruit, there is no temptation for untruth or himsa (violence). Take any instance of untruth or violence, and it will be found that at its back was the desire to attain the cherished end. But it may be freely admitted that the Gita was not written to establish ahimsa. It was an accepted and primary duty even before the Gita age. The Gita had to deliver the message of renunciation of fruit. This is clearly brought out as early as the second chapter. 26. But if the Gita believed in ahimsa or it was included in desirelessness, why did the author take a warlike illustration? When the Gita was written, although people believed in ahimsa, wars were not only not taboo, but nobody observed the contradiction between them and ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

None, while in flesh, can be entirely free from himsa, because one never completely renounces the will to live. — Mahatma Gandhi

What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion. — Krista Tippett

I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work. — Augusta Savage