14 October 2005

Gandhi's Talisman

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." - M.K Gandhi

[This is one of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948. - Source: Mahatma Gandhi (Last Phase, Vol. II - 1958, P. 65)]

See more quotations by M.K Gandhi here.

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