Value of Punctuality Proper consideration of the value of time will inspire the habit of punctuality. Punctuality is the politeness of kings, the duty of gentlemen, and the necessity of businessmen. Nothing begets confidence in men sooner than the practice of the virtue, and nothing...
Reading-The Best Pastime Of all the amusements which can possibly be imagined for a hardworking man after his daily toll, there is nothing like reading an interesting book. It calls for no bodily exertion of which he has had enough. It relieves his home of...
Sports and Games There are still those devotees of the sport who support the emphasis laid on school games and for whom sport is a kind of religion. To them, the sporting spirit is the finest attitude with which to face life since its professor...
True Friendship Friendship succeeds when there is oneness in the natures of friends. There should be some affinity between two persons before they can call each other a friend. A man was known to have thought and eloquence will be silent in the company of...
Love of Money We constantly hear of the evils of wealth and of the sinfulness of loving money, although it is certain that, after the love of knowledge, there is no one passion that has done so much good to mankind as the love of...
Vacations in Village Students should devote the whole of their vacation to village service. To this end, instead of taking their walks along beaten paths they should walk to the villages within easy reach of their institutions, and study the conditions of the village folk...
Socialism Socialism does not mean equalization of the abilities of all individuals. It is impossible. All men are not equal. Socialism means only the provision of equal opportunities for all. We do not say that all men are equal, but we do say that all...
Machine Gandhi Ji does not reject machinery as such. He observes: “How can I be against all machinery when I know that even this body is the most delicate piece of machinery? A spinning wheel is a machine; a little toothpick is a machine. What...
Character None can deny the fact that the greatness of a person lies in his character. When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; but when a character is lost, everything is lost. Character is not the name of a particular animal, bird or man, but...
Poverty Nothing sharpens a man’s wits like poverty. Hence many of the greatest men have originally been poor men. Poverty often purifies and braces a man’s morals. To spirited people, difficult tasks are usually the most delighted ones. If we may rely upon the testimony...
