Eye for Eye

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Mahatma Gandhi, (attributed)
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)

The meaning of the principle Eye for an Eye is that a person who has injured another person returns the offending action to the originator in compensation. The exact Latin (lex talionis) to English translation of this phrase is actually "The law of retaliation." At the root of this principle is that one of the purposes of the law is to provide equitable retribution for an offended party.

In film

• An Eye for an Eye (1966 film), starring Slim Pickens
• An Eye for an Eye (1981 film), starring Chuck Norris
• Eye for an Eye (1996 film), starring Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland and Ed Harris
• Eye for an Eye (2008 film), a South Korean film starring Han Suk-kyu

In literature

• An Eye for an Eye, a 2003 novella in the Noughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
• An Eye for an Eye: The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945, a history book by John Sack

In music

• Eye for an Eye, a British southern rock / metal band from Swindon
• Eye for an Eye (band), a Polish punk rock band
• Eye for an Eye (album), a 1983 album by Corrosion of Conformity
• "Eye for an Eye (Your Beef is Mines)", a song off of Mobb Deep's 1995 album The Infamous
• "Eye for an Eye", a 2003 single by the British band UNKLE
• "Eye for an Eye", a song by Quiet Riot from Quiet Riot II
• "Eye for an Eye", a song by Soulfly, from their debut album.

In television

• Eye for an Eye (TV series), a "courtroom" reality television program
• "Eye for an Eye", an episode of the television series War of the Worlds
• "Eye for an Eye", an episode of the animated Nickelodeon television series Danny Phantom

Mahatma Gandhi

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

I think it would be a good idea.