“We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.”
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Source: Harijan, 25 August 1940, p. 260.
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Progress in the tools of harm gets all the attention, but peaceful methods are just as open to invention and refinement. Treating nonviolence as a serious, developing craft rather than a soft afterthought leaves room for breakthroughs no one has imagined yet.
When to use it
- Two neighbors ending a long fence dispute through patient talks instead of lawyers.
- A team defusing a heated project conflict by mediating rather than pulling rank.
- Reconciling with an estranged sibling by listening instead of trading blame.