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

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

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

I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.

It comes to us from the long Christian tradition, Jesus of Nazareth himself, coming down through Mahatma Gandhi of India, who took the love ethic of Jesus Christ and made it effective as a sociopolitical force and brought about the transformation of a great nation and achieved freedom for his people.

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