They are like the two sides of a coin, or rather of a smooth, unstamped, metallic disc. Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty. If we take care of the means, we are bound to reach the end sooner of latter. When once we have grasped this point, final victory is beyond question. Ahimsa is not the goal.
Truth is the goal.
But we have no means of realizing truth in human relationships except through the practice of ahimsa . That is why I swear by ahimsa . Truth came naturally to me. I acquired after a struggle. But ahimsa being the means, we are naturally more concerned with it in our everyday life.