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 GandhiReligious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.
Mahatma GandhiAll faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error.
Mahatma GandhiEverything I have personally experienced, and that also has been expressed by the leaders of the great religions points to the fact that a global spirituality already exists and was intrinsically there from the start as God (by whatever name) is one and is indivisible - everywhere outside time and place.
Mahatma Gandhi