Mahatma Gandhi

Ahimsa does not simply mean non-killing. Himsa means causing pain to or killing any life out of anger or for a selfish purpose or with the intention of injuring it. Refraining from so doing is ahimsa. Ahimsa means not to injure any creature by thought, word or deed. True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill- will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all. Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul and therefore to be practiced by everybody in all the affairs of life.

Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order.

The common factor of all religion is nonviolence.

Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.

MAHATMA GANDHI