"The removal of untouchability is one of the highest expressions of ahimsa."
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"Ahimsa is a science. The word 'failure' has no place in the vocabulary of science."
"The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination."
"It is against the spirit of ahimsa to overawe even one person into submission."
"Ahimsa and Truth are my two lungs. I cannot live without them."
"Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God."
"Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness."
"The path of Truth is as narrow as it is straight. Even so is that of ahimsa."
"Ahimsa is the strongest force known."
"The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible."
"Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing."
"Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it."
"Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed."
"Cow-protection can only be secured by cultivating universal friendliness, i.e. ahimsa."
"Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God."
"Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill."
"Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly."
"Love, otherwise ahimsa, sustains this planet of ours."
"The votary of ahimsa has only one fear, that is, of God."
"Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty."
"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."