It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than t…

Mahatma Gandhi
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. ✨ Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). Gandhi on Non-Violence, p.51, New Directions Publishing
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. ✨ Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). Gandhi on Non-Violence, p.51, New Directions Publishing

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