“Without being at all a saintly sort of person, I have nevertheless made a point of patience, a virtue of forbearance, even, once or twice, to the extent of tolerating behaviour that bordered on the criminal.
Other people’s slowness or incompetence has seemed to me only a temporary thing, to be waited out; and many people who were encouraged by my support in the face of their failures thanked me for it later, and became my most loyal friends or employees.”
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“I was never seriously depressed by the failures in my own life. I learnt that troughs were invariably followed by crests.”
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“It is a fact that I have never had much truck with ritual of the more communal type, or in the intercession of priests, godmen and other middlemen in my dealings with the Almighty; yet I would call myself a true believer.”
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“My sister said of me once that if I was travelling in one bullock cart and it stopped, I would simply get on another and carry on. A metaphor for my resilience!”
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"I never worry about any problem, especially in the nights. The next morning in the office I worry about how to solve it. I never carry problems to the house... including financial difficulties, because I believe that it is not me but some other super power which is controlling these things."
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“As long as I am alive I want the same life to continue. I’m very happy. The business, which my sons are looking after, is doing well, and my family life is very happy...”
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