Gandhi

             Gandhi believed that from his weakness he failed a thousand times, but he would not lose faith. His soul refused to be satisfied so long as it is a helpless witness of a single wrong or a single misery (Brown 3). But it was not possible for him, a weak, frail being, to mend every wrong or to hold himself free of blame for all the wrong that he saw. The spirit in him pulled one way, the flesh in him pulled in the opposite direction. There was freedom from the action of these two forces, but that freedom was attainable only by slow and painful stages. Gandhi could not attain freedom by a mechanical refusal to act, but only by intelligent action in a detached manner (Brown 11). This struggle resolves itself into an incessant crucifixion of the flesh so that the spirit may become entirely free (Brown 15).
             Gandhi was a seeker of truth. He claimed to have found a way to it. He claimed to be making a ceaseless effort to find it. Gandhi admitted that he had not yet found it. To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, that is, to become perfect. He was painfully conscious of his imperfection, which is where his strength lied, because it was a rare thing for a man to know his own limitations (Brown 34). Gandhi's trust was solely in God. He only trusted men because he trusted God. If he had no God to rely upon, he would trust no man (Attenborough 3). Gandhi would not be a traitor to God to please the whole world. He felt that whatever striking things he had done in his life, he had not done prompted by reason but prompted by instinct and trust in God (Attenborough 20). Gandhi was a man of faith. His reliance was solely on God. Gandhi stated, "One step is enough for me. The next step He will make clear to me when the time for it comes." (Attenborough 55).
             Gandhi felt there was an indefinable mysterious power that pervaded everything. He could feel it, though he could not see it (Fischer Essential 123).