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Quranic Wisdom

management, either by ignoring the problem or by making some
kind of adjustment.
In all situations, you have to accept in advance that
confrontation or violence is not an option for you. It is completely
out of the question. Be determined that you will opt for some
kind of peaceful settlement, that you will never enter upon a
course of action which could lead to violence.

Any violent action is like a boomerang. It acts
against you just as it acts against others.

The killing of a person is not simply the elimination of an
individual; it is the setting of an undesirable precedent, the effect
of which will continue, directly or indirectly, to have a baneful
influence upon all mankind. In this sense, every individual crime
is a universal crime.
Violence is not simply a vicious solution to a problem.
It is worse than that. It is a grave breach of ethical standards.
Moreover, when you opt for violence, you are deviating from the
path of self-construction. You are wasting your time and energy
upon a non-productive course of action. In this sense, any violent
action is like a boomerang. It acts against you just as it acts against
others.
When a person opts for violence or murder, he does so out
of anger. When one becomes angry, one becomes overwrought.
This being so, one should not take a decision in such an abnormal
state of mind. So when you are angry, keep your patience. Try to
defuse your anger. Try to calm down. Take your decision only
when you become emotionally normal.

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