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"Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction."
"Easy is the path to wisdom for those not blinded by ego."
"A plan is only as good as those who see it through."
"The best confidence builder is experience."
"Supreme Chancellor Palpatine: "Trust in your friends, and they'll have reason to trust in you.""
"You hold onto friends by keeping your heart a little softer than your head."
"Heroes are made by the times."
"Ignore your instincts at your peril."
"Most powerful is he who controls his own power."
"The winding path to peace is always a worthy one, regardless of how many turns it takes."
"Fail with honor rather than succeed by fraud."
"Greed and fear of loss are the roots that lead to the tree of evil."
"When surrounded by war, one must eventually choose a side."
"Arrogance diminishes wisdom."
"Truth enlightens the mind, but won't always bring happiness to your heart."
"Fear is a disease; hope is its only cure."
"A single chance is a galaxy of hope."
"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."
"The costs of war can never be truly accounted for."
"Compromise is a virtue to be cultivated, not a weakness to be despised."
"Cad Bane: "A secret shared is a trust formed.""
"A lesson learned is a lesson earned."
"Overconfidence is the most dangerous form of carelessness."
"Supreme Chancellor Palpatine: "The first step to correcting a mistake is patience.""
"A true heart should never be doubted."
"Believe in yourself or no one else will."
"No gift is more precious than trust."
"Sometimes, accepting help is harder than offering it."
"Attachment is not compassion."
"For everything you gain, you lose something else."
"It is the quest for honor that makes one honorable."
"Easy isn't always simple."
"If you ignore the past, you jeopardize the future."
"Fear not for the future, weep not for the past."
"In war, truth is the first casualty."
"Searching for the truth is easy. Accepting the truth is hard."
"A wise leader knows when to follow."
"Courage makes heroes, but trust builds friendships."
"Choose what is right, not what is easy."
"The most dangerous beast is the beast within."
"Who my father was matters less than my memory of him."
"Adversity is a friendship's truest test."
"Revenge is a confession of pain."
"Brothers in arms are brothers for life."
"Fighting a war tests a soldier's skills, defending his home tests a soldier's heart."
"Where there's a will, there's a way."
"A child stolen is a hope lost."
"The challenge of hope is to overcome corruption."
"Those who enforce the law must obey the law."
"Great leaders inspire greatness in others."
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.