“Spiritually man is not segregated from his fellow beings, human or otherwise. The self of man is universally one and identical in perfection with every being and object. At one pole man is one with the grain of sand and the blade of grass, and at the other he is the transcendental and absolute God. When a man lives and acts in accordance with this divine nature of his true Self, he practices noninjury.”
—Swami Premananda, Introduction to The Path of the Eternal Law, Dhammapada
“Speak ill of no one, hurt no one, steadfastly follow the path which leads to self-liberation, be moderate in the enjoyment of life, from time to time seek solitude, but always keep your mind firmly established on the highest Self: These are the conditions of the path of self-enlightenment.”
—The Dhammapada, translated by Swami Premananda