My Experiments with Truth

I didn't realize this was abridged. I was following along in my book and it skipped far too much, literally large sections of 60 pages. His whole childhood, young adulthood, etc. The sections on his marriage and religion totally bipassed. What a waste.

Of all the books I have read so far, this one will be undeniably in the top five. Martin Luther King, Jr. Albert Einstein Aung San Suu Kyi Barack Obama Nelson Mandela Dalai Lama John Lennon Steve Jobs Rabindranath Tagore Pearl S Buck Ho Chi Minh George Bernard Shaw and many more great personalities cited Ma......more

"Man takes in vice far more readily than virtue." "Service without humility is selfishness and egotism." My Experiments with Truth, the widely acclaimed autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi marks my next stop in the list of autobiographies. This one took a lot longer than I had anticipated, but it was......more

Gandhi has no energy whatsoever. I think the main problem with him writing his own autobiography is his complete lack of ego. He is too modest. He is too accommodating. And he is too good. Wonderful characteristics for sure; they clearly served him well in his role as a civil rights leader, though t......more

fundamentally changed my view of the world... Oft In My Thought Ah, how often I have sought in my days, To emulate the great leaders, and be gently led, By their virtuous actions and well-laid plans. How often I charted the best courses to take To reach those heights of thought and action; And thought ever......more

This was a fascinating read. Gandhi's writing is oddly simple, even almast naive in places. He faithfully records small personal struggles, giving them the same wieght as major political battles. Gandhi's zeal and idealism comes across powerfully, as does his lifelong concern with self-discipline an......more