To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
Mahatma GandhiAbstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.
Mahatma GandhiWithout devotion, action and knowledge are cold and dry and many even become shackles.
Mahatma GandhiWhen a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.
Mahatma GandhiHuman beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi