Mahatma Gandhi — "One day, I found that my clothes were full of bugs. I was horrified. I thought: …"

One day, I found that my clothes were full of bugs. I was horrified. I thought: 'I have to get rid of these bugs.' But then I thought: 'No, I cannot kill them. They are living beings.' So I took them off very carefully, one by one, and put them in a bottle.
Mahatma Gandhi — Mahatma Gandhi Modern · Indian independence leader, nonviolence

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Recounted in his autobiography, illustrating his commitment to ahimsa.

Date: c. 1890s

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