Quote#Pain
We have above all to learn what is to bear and forbear-to bear…
Quote byMahadev Govind Ranade · 1842–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In one of his lectures delivered at Ferguson College in a social conference of the Congress as a counter to the one held by the extremist Tilak group. Quoted in pages= 113.
English (original)
We have above all to learn what is to bear and forbear-to bear ridicule, insults, even personal injuries at times, and forebear from returning abuse for abuse. In the words of the Prophet of Nazareth, we have to take up the cross, not because it is pleasant to be persecuted, but because the pain and injury are as nothing by the side of the principle for which they are endured.
— Mahadev Govind Ranade
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