"The fullest application of ahimsa does make..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.
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“No sophistry, no jugglery in figures can explain away the evidence that the skeletons in many villages present to the naked eye.”
“I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.”
“It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.”
More on Nonviolence
“It is my conviction that nothing enduringcan be built on violence.The only safe way to overcome an enemyis to make of that enemy a friend.”
“If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.”
“Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.”
More on Principles
“I can love freedom and the flesh and blood of my people moreso than I do the money.”
“The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears.”
“I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.”