“So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility.”
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Nonviolence, taken to its end, turns out to be humility pushed as far as it will go: you stop asserting your will over any living thing. The two aren't separate virtues — refusing to dominate others and holding yourself modestly are the same movement seen from two sides.
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- A debater wins the point but drops the mocking tone once he sees his opponent shrink.
- A landlord lets a late-paying tenant stay and never once mentions the leverage he held.
- A parent bites back the 'I told you so' when a grown child's risky plan finally falls apart.