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"Wer die Rose liebt, nimmt ihre Dornen in Kauf."
"Sticht man sich aus eigenem Entschluss mit einem Dorn, schmerzt es nicht."
"Schöne Dinge wachsen inmitten der Dornen."
"Keine Rose ohne Dornen"
"Jemandem ein Dorn im Auge sein"
"Aus dem Dorn wächst die Rose, aus der Rose wächst der Dorn."
"Wenn aus Sehnsucht nach der Kába // du der Wüste Sand Betrittst,// traure nicht! Wenn auch durch Dorne// du Verletzungen erlittst."
"Unter seinem Zepter wurde der Dorn zur Dattel, Stein zu Gold, Eisen zu Silber und Sacktuch zu Seide. Mit den Blättern seines wundersamen Baumes aber heilte er die Kranken, und sooft der Vorrat ihm ausging, trat er aufs neue die Reise an zur Quelle in der Wüste."
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.