“The destructive Seven Blunders of the World that cause violence:
- Wealth without work.
- Pleasure without conscience.
- Knowledge without character.
- Commerce without morality.
- Science without humanity.
- Religion without sacrifice.
- Politics without principle. “
-Mahatma Gandhi
This is certainly one of the more profound quotations I have had the pleasure to discover lately, and I agree with every word of it. However, it seems one would only grasp the true meanings of it unless you were to live through these situations, or at least consider them in depth – although, taking into account that not all humans think alike or share the same experiences, I would hope to be proven wrong in this way of thinking. Regardless of how our lives are lived, perhaps we can eventually all come to the same conclusions about life, love, and liberty as listed above, if only to understand our peoples and our world a little better – in a way when we can operate on a higher level of consciousness once and for all.
**Please let me know if this quotation is worded incorrectly or is attributed to the wrong person. I have found many different versions of this message.
***Also, please let me know if the comments make any sense, since I’ve just had my morning coffee and the world is still fuzzy and shapeless to me.
2 Comments
June 19, 2009 at 8:45 am
In my opinion he got six out seven right, which is very impressive in and of itself.
I don’t think that “commerce without morality” causes violence; shortsighted commerce does. It doesn’t take morality or ethics to know that, if you want commerce tomorrow you can’t fleece them too bad today.
July 4, 2009 at 8:51 am
The Exasperating Enigma of Existence
http://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/the-exasperating-enigma-of-existence/