strings: Our problem is, can a conflict, a disturbance, be overcome in a period of time, whether it be days, years or lives ? What happens when you say, "I am going to practise nonviolence during a certain period of time" ? The very practice indicates that you are in conflict, does it not? You would not practise if •you were not resisting conflict; you say the  resistance to conflict is necessary in order to overcome conflict and for that resistance you must have time. But the