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"Nur der Mensch, der zu manchen Taten nicht fähig ist, ist fähig, Taten zu vollbringen."
"Der Gütige läßt die Art, wie er einen geliebten Menschen behandelt, auch den Ungeliebten zuteil werden."
"„Das Verlangen nach Exzellenz/Ehre/Achtung (gui) ist gemeinsamer Sinn (xin) der Menschen. Alle Menschen haben Ehre/etwas der Ehre Wertes/Achtenswertes/etwas Erhabenes in sich selbst. Sie denken nur nicht daran (欲貴者,人之同心也。人人有貴于己者,弗思耳). Die Exzellenz/Ehre, die Menschen verleihen, ist nicht die gute Exzellenz/Ehre (lianggui ) (人之所貴者,非良貴也) [...] Wem [der mächtige] Zhao Meng Ehre verleiht, den kann Zhao Meng auch erniedrigen.“"
"Wem der Himmel eine große Aufgabe zugedacht hat, dessen Herz und Willen zermürbt er erst durch Leid."
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.