Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaSeptember 25The better mind of the world desires today not absolutely independent Stateswarring one against another, but a federation of friendly interdependentStates.YI, 26 Dec. 1924September 26Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as selfsufficiency.Man is a social being. Without realize its oneness with the universeor suppress his egotism.YI, 21 March 1929September 27His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself onthe touchstone of reality. If man were so placed or could so place himself as tobe absolutely above all dependence on his fellow-beings he would become soproud and arrogant as to be a veritable burden and nuisance to the world.Ibid.September 28Dependence on society teaches him the lesson of humility. That a man ought tobe able to satisfy most of his essential needs himself is obvious; but it is no lessobvious to me when self-sufficiency is carried to the length of isolating oneselffrom society it almost amounts to sin.Ibid.www.mkgandhi.org Page 73