भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

471-472. Ahimsa (non-violence), kindness, chivalry even towards the enemy women, protection of an abjectly capitulating enemy, क्षमा वीरस्य भूषणम् (forgiveness, a glorious emblem for the brave!) and religious tolerance were all virtues no doubt—very noble virtues! But it is blind and slovenly—even impotent—adoption of all these very virtues, irrespective of any consideration given to the propriety of time, place or persons, that so horribly vanquished the Hindus in the millennial Hindu-Muslim war on the religious front. For पात्रापात्रविवेकशून्य आचलि जरि सद्गुण॥ तों तोचि ठरे दुर्गुण, सद्धर्मघातक॥ [Every virtuous act done without the least regard to the propriety of the persons concerned—without the least thought, whether the other person deserves such noble treatment or not—becomes a glaring vice most harmful to the true religion.] ❑