Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.
Mahatma GandhiThree quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view
Mahatma GandhiThe path of bhakti, karma and love as expounded in the Gita leaves no room for the despising of man by man.
Mahatma GandhiEven swadeshi, like any other good thing, can be ridden to death if it is made a fetish.
Mahatma Gandhi