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[bluegreen17]

The Christian will not dispute with anyone, nor attack anyone, nor use violence against anyone. On the contrary, he will bear violence without opposing it. But by this very attitude to violence, he will not only himself be free, but will free the whole world from all external power.

-leo tolstoy,in the kingdom of god is within you

boy,does this sound like gandhi. and i'm pretty sure that gandhi was influenced by tolstoy and thoreau.

thanks to madness237 for linking to this website in his journal.

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[ex-lovecraf.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ghandi cited Tolstoy as a major influence.

[bluegreen17]

i thought gandhi acted more christian than a lot of 'christians'!

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[ex-lovecraf.livejournal.com]

heh, so do I. Though he was, apparently, not the nicest husband. So he had his flaws.