On Non-Violence

a quick read and a comprehensive collection of quotes. there’s no shortage truly quotable material in here either. however, i wouldn’t recommend this as anything more than that and think it’s best read with a supplementary content. many of the quotes are well out of context and leave you scratching your head - as the power or utility of the quote must certainly be better against some complementary backdrop.

personally, this didn’t reinforce any perspective of gandhi other than to maybe wonder if he wasn’t at some level more naive than we give him credit for. non-violence seems to have its greatest utility when used in an environment where there is some common basis for rational discussion. some of the quotes in here re: fascism made me wonder if he was really aware of the evil that was being perpetrated and if he would still share that perspective if he knew what was going on.