commitment to non-violence Quotes

A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding

I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.

Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.

Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible.

I still remain convinced that truth, love, peaceableness, meekness, and kindness are the violence which can master all other violence. The world will be theirs as soon as ever a sufficient number of people with purity of heart, with strength, and with perseverance think and live out the thoughts of love and truth, of meekness and peaceableness.

Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.

Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.