Nonviolence

When we talked about Nonviolence in class, it made me think about a friend of mine from where I live. He was no Gandhi, but he tried to be as unviolent as possible. He would always try to fix situations between my friends and even me with my friends a few times. He never really got mad at anything, that I saw. If he saw a fight or argument he would approach the persons involved and calmly try to solve the problem. He'd say things like, "Now guys there is no need for physical confrontation", and "Hey guys lets solve this in a peaceful manor. How about it?" Sometimes guys would get mad because he would step in the middle of fights to break them up, and attack him. He never fought though. He would always say, "I'm sorry. I was only trying to help, and I will not resort to violence so please step away. I'll leave." He was just a good guy overall.