"Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly."
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"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."
"The highest religion has been defined by a negative word: ahimsa."
"The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence)."
"What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?"
"Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience."
"Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible."
"Ahimsa can be practiced only towards those that are inferior to you in every way."
"Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world."
"Love and ahimsa are matchless in their effect."