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41 " I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it. "
― Mahatma Gandhi , Gandhi: An Autobiography
42 " Finally, this is better, that one do His own task as he may, even though he fail, Than take tasks not his own, though they seem good. To die performing duty is no ill; But who seeks other roads shall wander still. "
43 " Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man’s supremacy over the lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, "
44 " It was not easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it. "
45 " The real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind "
46 " The face of Truth is hidden behind the golden veil of maya, says the Upanishad. "
47 " When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people. "
48 " Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith. "
49 " Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong. "
50 " Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help. "
51 " ومع أن تجاربي كانت تشد من أزري وتبعث في نفسي سرورا عظيمافإني أعلم مع ذلك علم اليقين أن الطريق أمامي لا يزال طويلا ووعراوأن علي أن أنقص من قدر نفسي وأن أتضائل حتى أكون صفرافإنه لاسبيل إلى خلاص المرء إلا إذا اتخذ مكانه طائعا مختارا في نهاية الصف بين زملائه في البشرية.ذلك أن المحبة والتعفف عن العنف والكراهية هما أعلى مراتب التواضع "
52 " About the same time I came in contact with another Christian family. At their suggestion I attended the Wesleyan church every Sunday. For these days I also had their standing invitation to dinner. The church did not make a favourable impression on me. The sermons seemed to be uninspiring. The congregation did not strike me as being particularly religious. They were not an assembly of devout souls; they appeared rather to be wordly-minded people, going to church for recreation and in conformity to custom. Here, at times, I would involuntarily doze. I was ashamed, but some of my neighbours, who were in no better case, lightened the shame. I could not go on long like this, and soon gave up attending the service. "
53 " It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings. "
54 " I am now of the opinion that children should first be taught the art of drawing before learning how to write. "
55 " To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face one must be able to love the meanest of creation as oneself. "
56 " Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end. "
57 " To attain to perfect purity one has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action; to rise above the opposing currents of love and hatred, attachment and repulsion. "
58 " All that appears and happens about and around us is uncertain, transient. But there is a Supreme Being hidden therein as a Certainly, and one would be blessed if one could catch a glimpse of that Certainty and hitch one’s waggon to it. The quest for that Truth is the summum bonum of life. "
59 " My experience has shown me that we win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party. "
60 " How was one to treat alike insulting, insolent and corrupt officials, co-workers of yesterday raising meaningless opposition, and men who had always been good to one? "