MORE QUOTES ON WAR
1/As a child
King Ashoka (died 232 BC), most commonly known as Ashoka the Great, entreated his
tutors to relate to him the stories of horrible wars. He shunned cultural stories which lacked
the terrible events of war. But as a king after winning the War of Kalinga
which started in 261 BC and he won it, his mind changed, he abandoned his
interest in war and he adopted Buddhism as his religion because he had then realized
the heavy cost of winning the victory.
Thousands of men were killed and thousands of them were gripped by several
types of suffering including widowhood, orphanage and physical damages. Instead
of taking interest in military conquests, he now undertook an introspective
journey not only human welfare but also about that of birds and beasts.
2. In our times Mohandas Karamachand
Gandhi (1869-1948 ) who became known as apostle of non-violence said in Haijan : September 2, 1939: I personally
would not purchase my own country’s freedom by violence, even if such a thing were a possibility. My faith
in the wise saying, that what is gained by the sword will also be lost by the
sword, is imperishable.
3. According to Mahatma Gandhi (as he
is now popularly known :When two nations
are fighting, the duty of a votary of Ahimsa
(non-violence) is to stop the war. He who is not equal to that duty, he who
has no power of resisting war, he who is not qualified to resist war , may take
part in war, and yet whole-heartedly try to free himself, his nation and world
from war. I make no distinction , from the point of view of Ahimsa, between combatants and
non-combatants. ----Wit and Wisdom of
Mahatma Gandhi.
4. Militarism and warfare are childish
things, if they are not more horrible than anything childish can be. They must become things of the past.
------English writer H.G.Wells (1866-1946).
5.A great war leaves the country with
three armies ---an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of
thieves.----German Proverb
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G.R.Kanwal
5th February 2026
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