“So proud she was to die It made us all ashamed That what we cherished, so unknown To her desire seemed. So satisfied to go Where none of us should be, Immediately, that anguish stooped Almost to jealousy.” ShouldMadeDeathDesireDiesProudSatisfiedAshamedAnguish Book:The Poems of Emily Dickinson Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson
“I learnt the lesson on nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that I was born to rule over her.” ThinkingMadeHandsSufferingBornWifeInvolvedLessonsQuietStupidityDeterminedMy WifeResistanceAshamedNonviolenceSubmission Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings