Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Test ideas with truth and nonviolence; reject those that fail.
- In plain terms
- Check ideas against truth and nonviolence before accepting them.
- What can you take from it?
- Reject ideas that fail truth and nonviolence tests.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What standards do you use to judge ideas?
- When should you reject a belief?
Another view
Testing can slow down necessary actions.
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