“Non-violence is the article of faith.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Attributed to Gandhi; appears to be a fragment of a longer sentence on non-violence; no dated primary confirmed.
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Held as a genuine conviction rather than a handy tactic, refusing to harm survives the pressure that would make a mere strategy collapse. A belief you keep even when it costs you behaves very differently from one you drop the moment it turns inconvenient.
When to use it
- Someone who will not retaliate on principle holds steady even when hitting back would feel satisfying.
- An employee who refuses to cut corners as a matter of conviction keeps to it when a shortcut is tempting.
- A parent committed to never shaming a child sticks with it on the hardest, most exhausting days.