Morarji Desai - Man Quotes

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I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But man's intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong.

Morarji Desai
One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter of food, and therefore vegetarian food has got to be taken by man in order to sustain human life

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If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he wants to live at the cost of others.

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In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions should be, and what is the real purpose of his life.

Morarji Desai
Vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of compassion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world.

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I receive letters from people who've been cured with the 'urine-therapy'…. Several years ago, a man called Lawrence Armstrong was suffering from TB. One day, he was reading the psalms from the Bible, he found the passage, 'Drink from your own cistern when you're in trouble.' He wondered what it meant. It struck him that it was his own urine. And, he saw in the veterinary hospitals some animals given their own urine by his doctor friend. Nature has provided its own cures. What happens to the birds and animals in the forest? For 45 days, he consumed all the urine he passed and at the end of it, he was a young man. Then he wrote a book, "Waters of Life".

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As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.

Morarji Desai
You are free to do any action as you want. That's not done by destiny. What you get is destiny. Because, that's the result of your own actions. Destiny is not given by God, one thing to one man, something else to another man. Then God would be unjust, partial and would cease to be God.

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Is any serious crime committed without drinking? You see, if drinking were ruining only the man himself, then it wouldn't matter so much. But, why have we introduced it [prohibition] in the constitution? It's a crime against society as well. Take the case of ending your own life. Life is to live, therefore we've to discourage suicide. That doesn't mean you can't actually stop suicide, nobody can stop the actual act. Therefore, it's only the unsuccessful attempt which is an offence.

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