Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Self-rule

True worth of a man seems to me to consist in his capacity to  resist his surroundings. It is the measure of his self-realization. If we control ourselves we cannot be controlled by others, not even by our surroundings, not fashion, nor food, nor spectacles, nor games, nor company, nor hobbies. There is no true happiness without this real self-rule.



Gandhi (from a  LETTER TO HERMANN KALLENBACH dated 26-11-1915)

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