Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaYI, 17 March 1927August 5I am not aiming at destroying railways or hospitals, though I would certainlywelcome their natural destruction. Neither railways nor hospitals are a test of ahigh and pure civilization. At best they are a necessary evil. Neither adds oneinch to the moral statues of a nation.YI, 26 Jan. 1921August 6Is the world any the better for quick instruments of locomotion? How do theseinstruments advance man's spiritual progress? Do they not in the last resorthamper it? And is there any limit to man's ambition? Once we were satisfiedwith traveling a few miles an hour; today we want to negotiate hundreds ofmiles an hour; one day we might desire to fly through space. What will be theresult? Chaos.YI, 21 Jan. 1926August 7It is my firm belief that Europe today represents not the spirit of God orChristianity but the spirit of Satan. And Satan's successes are the greatest whenhe appears with the name of God on his lips. Europe is today only nominallyChristian. In reality it is worshipping Mammon.YI, 8 Sept. 1920August 8'Brahma created His people with the duty of sacrifice laid upon them and said;"By this do you flourish. Let it be the fulfiller of all you desires." 'He who eatswithout performing this sacrifice, eats stolen bread,' thus says the Gita.www.mkgandhi.org Page 59