"I will give you a talisman. [At random moments throughout your day,] apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your [time-wasting, Life-wasting] melt away
[and Meaning / Life / Joy flood in]."
- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
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