Truth is the right designation of God.
There is an indefinable mysterious Power that pervades everything.
God lives, but not as we. His creatures live but to die. But God is life. Therefore, goodness is not an attribute. Goodness is God.
Hatred is never overcome by hatred but by love.
Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence.
To kill these (rabid) dogs, in my opinion, amount to himsa, but I believe it to be inevitable if we are to escape much greater himsa.