Read Eijiro Hazama 'Gandhi no Shinjitsu' (Chikuma) If you must choose between violence or timidity, I recommend choosing violence. The umemodoki bears fruit.
Read Yumi Muruguma 'Soredemo Watakushiwa Kagonoshigoto wo Tsuzuketeiku'(KADOAWA) Human relations sometimes become distant and then reconnect. The senryo bears fruit.