... formed his idea of passive resistance to, and noncooperation with, the South African authorities. "Make waves, not war-2 He gained inspiration to be a passive resister from the writer Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi's greatest influence. Tolstoy left a profound influence and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience- was one Gandhi ... inadequate for his purpose. For that reason Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. This word defined what Gandhi was workin...

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... Wofford family. As soon as she learned how to read, it became one of her favorite things to do; she read the works of great authors such as Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, and Gustave Flaubert, who all impressed her in different ways. Their talents helped to motivate Morrison to write about the things that she is most familiar with, such as her ... ...

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