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"Einen Unschuldigen zu töten, ist eine Sünde. Das ist, als würde man die ganze Welt töten."
"Wenn ich einen schweren Moment durchlebe, sage ich mir immer: »Hör auf, dich zu bemitleiden. Hilf lieber anderen, es gibt so viel Leid auf der Welt.«"
"Ein persischer Taxifahrer hat mal gesagt: »Zur Zeit des Schah lebten die Menschen in den Häusern und tranken draußen. Heute leben sie draußen und trinken drinnen.« Das zeigt die Scheinheiligkeit dieser Leute."
"Dass die Berliner Mauer verschwand, ist für mich der Beweis, dass Träume sich nicht begrenzen lassen und dass der Freiheitswille alle Grenzen überwinden kann. Das Stückchen Mauer erinnert mich jeden Tag daran."
"Aber jeder Fanatismus, ob politisch oder religiös motiviert, ist schlimm!"
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.