"No man could look upon another as his enemy, unless he first became his own enemy."
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"You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death."
"A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him."
"A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy."
"I own no enemy on earth. That is my creed."
"The ally we must cultivate is the part of our enemy which knows the truth."
"If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right."
"We must always seek to ally ourselves with that part of the enemy that knows what is right."
"Life becomes livable only to the extent that death is treated as a friend, never as an enemy."
"No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure."
"When two opposing sides meet in battle, the one without an enemy will be victorious."
"When bitter enemies make peace, surely some bitterness remains."
"There is no greater mistake than to make light of an enemy By making light of an enemy many a kingdom has been lost."
"With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!"
"But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see as much of it as any. Sharpen your blade!"
"I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin."
"Then Aragorn stooped and looked in her face, and it was indeed white as a lily, cold as frost, and hard as graven stone. But he bent and kissed her on the brow, and called her softly, saying: 'Éowyn Éomund's daughter, awake! For your enemy has passed away!' - Aragorn & Éowyn"
"Don't you run around here trying to make friends with somebody who's depriving you of your rights. They're not your friends, no, they're your enemies. Treat them like that."
"Everybody has a God and believes that his God will deliver him and protect him from his enemies!"
"After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you."