Strength of the Spirit
October 31, 2007
Venerable Wuling in Anger, Peace

Nonviolence is the law of our species
as violence is the law of the brute.

The spirit lies dormant in the brute,
and he knows no law but that of physical might.

The dignity of man requires obedience
to a higher law—to the strength of the spirit. 

~ Mahatma Ghandi 

 

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