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"Verzweiflung ist ein schlechter Ratgeber."
"Angst ist ein schlechter Ratgeber."
"Hüte dich vor dem Arzt, dessen Frau Gräber verkauft, dessen Bruder einen Granitsteinbruch besitzt und dessen Vater mit Schaufeln handelt."
"Er ist ein Splitter aus dem alten Klotz."
"Es ist nicht die Größe des Bootes, sondern die Bewegung des Ozeans."
"Ein Dieb, den das Stehlen reich gemacht hat, gilt als Gentleman."
"Mein Heim ist meine Burg."
"Der Beweis des Puddings besteht darin, ihn zu essen."
"Der Weg zum Entschluss geht über den Zweifel."
"Don’t paint the devil on the wall"
"Die Not muß [laufen], wenn der Teufel sie antreibt."
"Wohlstand schafft Freunde, Not prüft sie."
"Eine Lüge reist einmal um die Erde, während sich die Wahrheit die Schuhe anzieht."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.