The Story of My Experiments with Truth
by Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi's autobiography to 1921: London, South Africa, the birth of satyagraha, his diet and vows, his failures as husband and father told plainly. Humble and strange.
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you want the roots of nonviolent resistance from its source.
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Skip it if…
you want the independence struggle; it ends before it.
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Three things you will actually use
- Truth is the method.
- Experiment on yourself.
- Discipline precedes power.
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Read the South Africa chapters.
Our verdict
Gandhi's experiments.
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