Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaOctober 24It is my firm conviction that a fearless woman who knows that her purity is herbest shield can never be dis-honoured. However beastly the man, he will bow inshame before the flame of her dazzling purity.H, 1 March 1942October 25Let it be man’s privilege to protect woman, but let no woman of India feelhelpless in the absence of man or in the event of his failing to perform thesacred duty of protecting her. One who knows how to die need never fear andharm to her of his honour.YI, 15 Dec. 1921October 26Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; butas he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward coursethan the upward, especially when the down ward course is presented to him ina beautiful grab. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the grab ofvirtue.H, 21 Jan. 1935October 27It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts. It isgood for a person who overeats to have an ache and an ache and a fast. It isbad for him to indulge his appetite and then escape the consequence by takingtonics or other medicine. It is still worse for a person to indulge in animalpassions and escape the consequences of his acts.YI, 12 Marchwww.mkgandhi.org Page 81