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"Euer Vater weiß, was ihr bedürfet, ehe ihr ihn bittet."
"Alles, was ihr im Gebet erbittet, werdet ihr erhalten, wenn ihr glaubt."
"Wer seine Bitte nur weiß zitternd vorzutragen, // lehrt, den er bittet, ihm seine Bitten abzuschlagen."
"Wer die Bitte bekümmerter Unschuld verachtet, wird einst selbst bitten und nicht erhört werden."
"Wenn schöne Weiber bitten, muss man es schaffen doch, // Und schöne Weiber bitten, indem sie schweigen noch."
"Versagen ist der Frauen Sitte, doch lieben sie, dass man sie bitte."
"Vergeude keine Zeit mit Bitten!"
"Langes Flehen ziemt sich nicht, wenn wir Gerechtes bitten."
"Die ersten Tränen der Kinder sind Bitten. Wenn man nicht Acht darauf gibt, so werden sie bald Befehle."
"Besiegt werden harte Herzen durch weiche Bitten."
"Arme Leute um etwas zu bitten ist leichter als Reiche."
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.