lence committed not only harms the opponent, in a deep and fundamental way it also harms its initiator. Thus, the two are linked by the choice to act violently. Refusal to initiate or respond with violence is the ultimate assertion of the will of the individual who in their commitment to non-violence affirms the principle of Truth (Bondurant, 33). Coercion is another significant element satyagraha. The difference between violent and non-violent coercion is nature of the injury -- direct in the case of the former and indirect in the case of the latter. Non-violent coercion also includes self-suffering as well as efforts to mitigate injury and is on a whole less destructive than the "physical destruction and deliberate undermining of morale, possibly coupled with extreme distortion of truth" associated with violent coercion" (Bondurant, 9-10).
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