Non-violence Ahimsa Quotes & Sayings

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy. — Swami Vivekananda

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. — Mahatma Gandhi

Please tell me your definition of ahimsa." "The avoidance of harm to any living creature in thought or deed." "Beautiful ideal! But the world will always ask: May one not kill a cobra to protect a child, or one's self?" "I could not kill a cobra without violating two of my vows - fearlessness, and non-killing. I would rather try inwardly to calm the snake by vibrations of love. I cannot possibly lower my standards to suit my circumstances. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed. — Mahatma Gandhi

Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa is not mere negative non-injury. It is positive, cosmic love. It is the development of a mental attitude in which hatred is replaced by love. Ahimsa is true sacrifice. Ahimsa is forgiveness. Ahimsa is Sakti (power). Ahimsa is true strength. — Sivananda

If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cleaning instruments. — Sathya Sai Baba

For a satyagrahi brigade only those are eligible who believe in ahimsa and satya. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa is the very definition of woman and there is no place for untruth in her heart. If she is true to herself she is no longer Abala
the weak, but she is Sabala
the strong ... — Mahatma Gandhi

Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours. — Mahatma Gandhi

The highest religion has been defined by a negative word: ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

If you kill me, you kill yourself.
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He only wanted to convey to Janegg the truth of ahimsa, which is that all beings were connected to each other in the deepest way and thus it was impossible to harm another without harming oneself. — David Zindell

We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes. — Gary L. Francione

I ask him to join with me in prayer to the God of Truth that He may grant me the boon of Ahimsa in mind, word and deed. — Anonymous

Ahimsa and Truth are my two lungs. I cannot live without them. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing. — Mahatma Gandhi

I am not well-versed in theory, but in my view, the cow deserves her life. As does the ram. As does the ladybug. As does the elephant. As do the fish, and the dog and the bee; as do other sentient beings. I will always be in favor of veganism as a minimum because I believe that sentient beings have a right not to be used as someone else's property. They ask us to be brave for them, to be clear for them, and I see no other acceptable choice but to advocate veganism. If these statements make me a fundamentalist, then I will sew a scarlet F on my jacket so that all may know I'm fundamentally in favor of nonviolence; may they bury me in it so that all will know where I stood. — Vincent J. Guihan

H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the nature of their respective countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa [non-violence in the Hindu tradition], on the other hand, can change human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler." — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept. — Swami Vivekananda

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

All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One. — Black Elk

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

My ahimsa is my own. I am not able to accept in its entirety the doctrine of non-killing of animals. — Mahatma Gandhi

The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred and be respected. This belief forms the basis of the doctrine of ahimsa, which has been translated into English variously as "reverence for life," "nonviolence," and "dynamic compassion." — Nathaniel Altman

Ahimsa is the strongest force known. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way. — Mahatma Gandhi

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion. — Virchand Gandhi

My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value. — Mahatma Gandhi

In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

I see You, Every time I look into Buddha's eyes. I give myself to You. Every time I alter one of Your 1,000s names. Honestly & fully I love You. Through Christ and Maria, Shiva and Shakti, Krishna and Radha, With every day that passes and every breath I take. I enter gratitude for receiving Your Love. Obeying Your Laws of Truthfulness and Ahimsa, Weaving Prana With hearts and souls of Gaia. Through mysticism, shamanism, sufism, and ecstatic meditations. I yearn to touch You, to feel You, to be You. Within this amazing Journey of Awareness of Your Consciousness. — Natasa Nuit Pantovic

This ahimsa is the basis of the search for truth. I am realizing every day that the search is vain unless it is founded on ahimsa as the basis. It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking oneself. — Mahatma Gandhi

Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

The alphabet of ahimsa is best learnt in domestic school and I can say from experience that if we secure success there, we are sure to do so everywhere else. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

The removal of untouchability is one of the highest expressions of ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi

My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application. — Mahatma Gandhi