If one has...pride and egoism, there is
no nonviolence. Nonviolence is impossible without humility. My own
experience is that, whenever I have acted nonviolently, I have been led
to it and sustained in it by the higher promptings of an unseen power.
Through my own will I should have miserably failed. When I first went
to jail, I quailed at the prospect. I had heard terrible things about
jail life. But I had faith in God's protection. Our experience was that
those who went to jail in a prayerful spirit came out victorious, those
who had gone in their own strength failed. There is no room for
self-pitying in it either when you say God is giving you the strength.
Self-pity comes when you do a thing for which you expect recognition
from others. But there is no question of recognition.
It was only when I had learnt to reduce myself to zero that I was able to evolve the power of Satyagraha in South Africa.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment