Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaMarch 8Only Truth quenches untruth, Love quenches anger, self-suffering quenchesviolence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all. Those whoobserve it may be few but they are the salt of the earth, it is they who keepthe society together, not those who sin against light and truth.H, 1 Feb. 1942March 9Abstract Truth has no value, unless it incarnates in human beings who representit by proving their readiness to die for it. Our wrongs live because we onlypretend to be their living representatives. The only way we can prove our claimis by readiness to suffer in the discharge our trust.YI, 22 Dec. 1921March 10A man of Truth must ever be confident, if he has also equal need to bedifferent. His devotion to truth demands the fullest confidence. Hisconsciousness of human nature must make him humble and therefore everready to retrace his steps immediately he discovers his error.YI, 6 May 1926March 11Finite human beings shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is initself infinite. But we do know enough for our guidance. We shall err, andsometimes grievously, in our application. But man is a self-governing being, andself-government necessarily includes the power as much to commit errors as toset them right as often as they are made.YI, 21 April 1927www.mkgandhi.org Page 21