2. oktober er en stor dag i India. Da børster folk støv av sine Gandhi-portretter og utstyrer dem med blomsterkranser før de plasseres synlig i veikanten. I dag ble nemlig Gandhi 139 år gammel, dersom han hadde levd enda altså.
Gandhi blir ifølge kyndige indere sett opp på som nærmest en gud her til lands. Han er også en gjennomgangsfigur i pensummet på Peace and Conflict.
Som de fleste sikkert vet er Gandhi kjent for sitt prinsipp om "non-violence" og hadde en viktig rolle i indernes (stort sett) ikke-voldelige motstand mot Britene for å opnå uavhengighet.
Gandhi er også en yndet siteringskilde, med go grunn. Her følger et par gullkorn:
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. An unjust law is itself a species of violence.
Arrest for its breach is more so.
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion. I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could. If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him. Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. Kilde: Brainyquote.com | |
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