"It is against the spirit of ahimsa..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission.
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“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”
“Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.”
“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.”
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“Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.”
“I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.”
“There is no path to peace; peace is the path.”