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It is better to grope in the dark and wade through a million errors to reach the Truth than to entrust oneself to someone who knows not that he knows not. Has a man ever learnt swimming by tying a stone to his neck? So let me go my own way even if it is the wrong one.

Sudhir Kakar

Certainly, Gandhi is not inferior to Christ in goodness and sanctity, and he surpasses him in touching humility. Gandhi is the prophet of hope in this age of pessimism and disillusionment. He is a promise of sanity in the madness induced by our world's heedless drinking at the fount of war.

Sudhir Kakar

Sudhir Kakar

Sudhir Kakar

Born: July 25, 1938

Died: April 22, 2024 (aged 85)

Bio: Sudhir Kakar was an Indian psychoanalyst, novelist and author in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion.

Known for:

Shamans, mystics, and doctors (1982)
The ascetic of desire (1998)
The analyst and the mystic (1991)
The colors of violence (1995)

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