He believed India should learn to live before it tried to die for humanity. He was a devout Hindu but asserted no Christian could outdo him in singing "Lead, Kindly Light." One would expect a volume of quotations from Gandhi to be packed with wisdom, and this one surely is, but it appears the Mahatma also had a way with gentle but wry observations about human nature, international politics, and especially himself. In this reprint of the 1951 edition, Gandhi surprises the reader on every page, up to and including his last words as the Mahatma. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)