To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
Love is the law of life.
Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.
Civil disobedience is a preparation for mute suffering.
Cow protection means protection of the weak, the helpless, the dumb and the deaf.
Nonviolence is not a cloistered virtue, confined only to the rishi and the cave-dweller.