Quotes About Ahimsa

No man has ever been able to describe God fully. The same holds true of ahimsa.

Ahimsa is nothing if not a well-balanced, exquisite consideration for one's neighbour, and an idle man is wanting in that elementary consideration.

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

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

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

Ereena is a commendable mission for both women empowerment and environmentally sustainable Ahimsa silk.

Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.

If you kill me, you kill yourself." [...] 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.

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.

Ahimsa is a science. The word 'failure' has no place in the vocabulary of science.

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

Red became the colour of valour and fertility. Later, as the doctrine of ahimsa (non-violence) gained ground, blood was represented symbolically using sindoor (vermillion).

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

Mahavira, the Jain patriarch, surpassed the morality of the Bible with a single sentence: "Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being.

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.

We spend our days badgered by voices that tell us to judge others, fear others, harm others, or harm ourselves. But we are not obligated to listen to those voices, or even to take responsibility for them. They may be where we come from, but they are not where we are going. There is another voice, a voice that shines. Ahimsa is the practice of listening to that voice of lightness, cultivating that voice, trusting that voice, acting upon that voice.

I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.

The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.

Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.

Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.

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.

Many times people tried to convince me about Ahimsa silk, but when I followed the chain of production it always ended with genetically modified silk moths that could not fly. There was nothing Ahimsa about it.

I never imagined I would wear a silk sari as I practice Ahimsa.

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