W. Douglas P. Hill vs. Mahatma Gandhi
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
W. Douglas P. Hill
1884 – 1962
William Douglas Penneck Hill was a British Indologist, a scholar of King's College, Cambridge, former assistant master at Eton and principal of Jay Narayan's High School Benares. He is noted for his English commentary and scholarly translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
"The Lord, O Arjuna, dwells in the heart of every being, and by his delusive power spins round all beings set on the machine."
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 – 1948
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political thinker who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is used worldwide.
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can s…"
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