Tecumseh Quotes

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.

Commit no act that is contrary to love.

Don't jump on a man unless he is down.

I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.

You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

When we respect everybody around us, we are in peace with everybody around us.

Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity.

Nobody should consider himself superior to another nor do him harm.

The highest religious and spiritual ideals of any faith would invite us to a compassion for all lives destroyed by the violence that plagues us.

A true man hates no one.

The first and most important thing a man should keep away from is not doing harm of any kind knowingly to anyone, at any time.

Stay humble, always.

The hardest thing to do when people are hurting you is to remain a decent person.

I've never raised my hand on anyone in my whole life. I feel it's barbaric.

Lord, grant that anger or other bitterness does not reign over us, but that your grace, genuine kindness, loyalty, and every kind of friendliness, generosity, and gentleness may reign in us. Amen

Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment.

I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever.

As much as it hurts, I would rather miss someone than hit someone.

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control.

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do them to others, ever.