NON
VIOLENCE QUOTATIONS
Base
your action on knowledge, the knowledge that
all is one. Let the action be suffused with
bhakti; that is to say, humility, love, mercy
and non-violence. Let bhakti be filled with
knowledge, otherwise it will be as light as
a balloon which drifts along any current of
air, or gust of wind.
Mere
knowledge will make the heart dry; bhakti makes
it soft with sympathy,and karma gives the hands
something to do, something, which will sanctify
every one of the minutes that have fallen to
your lot to live.
Speak
soft and sweet; sympathise with suffering and
loss and ignorance: try your best to apply the
salve of soothing words and timely succour.
There
should not be any trace of dislike or distrust
on the score of nationality, language, caste,
economic status, scholarship, age or sex.
Those
who have gone through pain and suffering can
understand and sympathise with those who are
in pain and those who suffer.
While
Science has overcome the barriers of time, distance
and nationality it has done little to promote
better understanding between man and man, nation
and nation.
Renunciation
is the power of battling against evil forces
and holding the mind in check.
Do
not use poisonous words against anyone, for
words wound more fatally than even arrows.
Let
the different faiths exist, let them flourish,
and let the glory of God be sung in all the
languages and in a variety of times.
Cleanse
your emotions, passions, impulses, attitudes
and reactions. That is the essence of spiritual
discipline as laid down in all faiths.
Examine
your mind, your thoughts, do not seek only purity.
Speak ill of none. Do not humilitate anyone.
Respect each for the good in him.
