Buddha was once threatened by the bandit Angulimal, who said he was going to kill Buddha.
“Then be good enough to grant me one last wish” requested Buddha. “Cut off the branch of that tree!”
One slash of the sharp sword and it was done, the branch was shed from the tree. ‘What now!” demanded Angulimal.
“Put it back again,” said Buddha.
The bandit Angulimal laughed. “You must be crazy to think that anyone can do that!”
“On the contrary” Buddha replied calmly. “It is you who is crazy to think you are mighty because you can wound and destroy. That is the tasks of children. The true mighty know how to create and to heal.”