Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even w… - Erik Erikson

And as was Gandhi’s wont, he would not only insist on hygienic and social restraints but would preach to this group the basic ethical rules for the forthcoming march: None was to touch any one’s property on the way. They were to bear it patiently if any official or non-official European met them and abused or even flogged them. They were to allow themselves to be arrested if the police offered to arrest them.

modern times, of course, political ideologies have taken over the numinous function, with the face of the leader multiplied on a thousand banners.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.