Shun Violence to Be Happy?

As we all are aware, we are witnessing increasingly shocking acts of violence these days from linguistic groups, terrorist attacks and individual crimes. And these are all manifestations of the violence within us. When human souls forget their true identity as 'spiritual beings' and begin to identify with their bodies, they come under the influence of vices and commit violence, because the soul is violating its true nature of peace, joy, love and power.