All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

Buddha

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Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.

M. K. Gandhi

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He who injures living beings is not noble. He is called noble because he is gentle and kind towards all living beings.

Buddha

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The beauty of non-violence is that is makes it possible for the individual to struggle to secure moral ends through moral means.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Nonviolence in the civil rights struggle has meant not relying on arms and weapons of struggle. It has meant noncooperation with customs and laws which are institutional aspects of a regime of discrimination and enslavement.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Nonviolence has also meant that my people in the agonizing struggles of recent years have taken suffering upon themselves instead of inflicting it on others.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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