Explain this Gandhi quote "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."?

Question

or these....... " Hapiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." "Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." " Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence." it would really help me out. THANKS

Answer 1

I guess " an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" but in a blind world, the one eye man is king.

Best to do away with the one eye man so there can be justice.

Answer 2

an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind is similar to hammurabis code "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" but it pretty much means that if someone does somthing to you ( an eye, like taking it or blinding the person) you do somthing back to them ( the for an eye part, lol) when people take revenge upon each other ,figuratively speaking taking an eye, everyone gets revenge and ends up with no eyes! aghh lol i hope that helped

Answer 3

simply,he's stating that revenge is not a great to resolve a conflict....an eye for an eye,is what people tend to refer to as the code for vengeance......kill me,and tomorrow'you'll die....just imagine,if revenge is being practised all around the globe,then the world would no longer be a safe place for anything or anyone to live in.....its the current phenomenon actually,wars are breaking everyday.....lives are killed in each second that passes.....and for each of those lives.......another lives would have to be killed,just in the name of being fair.....when would all these violence stop,let our child sleep in peace......i leave the rest to you.........