"But it's not enough only to know what's right and wrong; action is the other, and more important half of moral understanding." ...

It was surreal to reckon with how irreverently I treated myself in my younger years, with absolutely no concept of or regard for future me.

Ahimsa does't offer a scale on which to weigh the value of a life--a gnat is as precious as a 5-year old child.

Ahimsa the first item of all 8 limbs of yoga and serves as the foundation for everything that follows--first and foremost, do no harm.