The quote at the top? It goes something like this:
'A Gujarati didactic stanza likewise gripped my mind and heart. Its precept-- return good for evil-- became my guiding principle. It became such a passion with me that I began numerous experiments in it. Here are those (for me) wonderful lines:
For a bowl of water give a goodly meal;
For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal;
For a simple penny pay thou back with gold;
If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold.
Thus the words and actions of the wise regard;
Every little service tenfold they reward.
But the truly noble know all men as one,
And return with gladness good for evil done.'
Ghandhi- An Autobiography. The Story of my Experiments with Truth.
'A Gujarati didactic stanza likewise gripped my mind and heart. Its precept-- return good for evil-- became my guiding principle. It became such a passion with me that I began numerous experiments in it. Here are those (for me) wonderful lines:
For a bowl of water give a goodly meal;
For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal;
For a simple penny pay thou back with gold;
If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold.
Thus the words and actions of the wise regard;
Every little service tenfold they reward.
But the truly noble know all men as one,
And return with gladness good for evil done.'
Ghandhi- An Autobiography. The Story of my Experiments with Truth.
