To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.
Mahatma GandhiIt is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.
Mahatma GandhiA votary of ahimsa cannot subscribe to the utilitarian formula (of the greatest good of the greatest number). He will strive for the greatest good of all and die in the attempt to realize that ideal.
Mahatma Gandhi