From the library
Mahatma Gandhi, 1957
In one paragraph
Gandhi's own account of his spiritual and political awakening, detailing his experiments with truth and the development of his philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
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Purpose & Meaning
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Key insights
Subtitled experiments with truth, and meant literally: each principle was tested on himself before being asked of anyone else.
Self-discipline as the precondition for public authority. The private austerity was not separable from the political method.
He is candid about failures with his own family, which the hagiography removes and which is the most instructive part.
Recognise it early
The failure and the correction sit side by side deliberately. Read the left column asking whether any of it is already true of you.
Demanding change from others without personal example
Using force or retaliation when facing opposition
Making expedient decisions instead of truth-based ones
Focusing on self-advancement instead of service
Losing faith due to slow progress or opposition
The same idea, argued differently
Plato
Ron Chernow
Ryan Deiss
Carlos Baker
The full breakdown
Before you close this
Naming the specific moment you will act roughly doubles the odds you do.
Reference
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