POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM

POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM ~ 65 ~ The truth is that whenever anyone opts for the way of intolerance and violence, his energies are unnecessarily divided between two fronts—internal construction and doing battle with the external foe, whereas one who opts for gentleness and nonviolence can devote all his available energy and resources to the one front of internal consolidation alone, and as a natural result, he can achieve a far greater success. This is the law of nature which is operative in our world. Here if one is to achieve any estimable goal, it will only be by adhering to this system of nature which is entirely based on the principle of peace and non-violence. Therefore, here one can be successful by adhering to, and not by deviating from this law. Non-violent activism can in fact, be equated with positive status quoism. THE BENEFITS OF PEACE It is a fact that all worthy feats in this world have been performed by peaceful endeavour. No great or noble task has ever been carried out by the power of violence. This applies equally to scientific