@benroyce @AdeptVeritatis @RaymondPierreL3
I don't see how you can possibly get that. Here is the quote you posted.He is really clearly saying that action is better than in action, and pacifist action is better than violent action. Not that a pacifist is inactive and can jump to violence at any moment and then become a pacifist again.
Please read more about Gandhi and his teachings. That is one of the most motivated readings of anything I have ever seen anyone make.