–”God comes at last when we think he is farthest off.” o JAMES MICHENER –”Like almost every major prophet before him, Muhammad fought shy of serving as the transmitter of God’s word sensing his own inadequacy… but he began to dictate those inspired words… “There is one God”. In all things Muhammad was profoundly practical. When his beloved son Ibrahim died, an eclipse occurred and rumours of God’s personal condolence quickly arose. Whereupon Muhammad is said to have announced, “An eclipse is a phenomenon of nature. It is foolish to attribute such things to the death or birth of a human being.” At Muhammad’s own death an attempt was made to deify him, but the man who was to become his administrative successor killed the hysteria with one of the noblest speeches in religious history: “If there are any among you who worshipped Muhammad, he is dead. But if it is God you Worshipped, He lives for ever.”
o JAMES OTIS –”I have never been able to do what i wished with them (Gandhi’s articles), which is have them out for a world audience. I don’t want them to be simply irrelevant possessions, which of course Gandhi would have thought they are — he would have laughed… he never believed in material possessions.”
o JAMES OTIS –”I hope Obama will buy the items and put them on display in Washington DC. I just want these things to live and breathe Gandhi’s messages, his words and his actions. The focus needs to be not on these possessions. Gandhi never believed in possessions, although he believed in auctions; Gandhi auctioned off many of his gifts for good causes and believed in the competitive good nature of bidding in auctions as long as the money went to good causes. I promise you the money i earn from this auction is going to good causes.”
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