Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | September 27, 2015
The poor tend to think that their difficulties are due only to a lack of resources. They feel that it is just a question of having enough wealth and they will be able to solve all their problems. But that is very far from being the truth. Just as there are problems for the poor, so are there problems for the rich.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | September 20, 2015
Someone once said to the renowned Indian scientist, Sir C.V. Raman that the discoveries which scientists have made were not really the achievement of scientists; they were the result of chance. "That is true," Dr Raman replied, "but chance of this nature only happens to scientists."
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | September 13, 2015
Mahatma Gandhi was very shy by nature. In his book, "My Experiments with Truth", he confesses that it was a long time before he managed to shake off his shyness. While studying in London, he joined a vegetarian society. At one of its meetings he was asked to make a speech. He stood up, but was unable to express himself. Finally he brought himself to voice a few words of thanks and sat down.
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | The Sunday Guardian | September 06, 2015
After a long journey, the express train was approaching its destination. The view from the train indicated that the final station was near. Hundreds of passengers were filled with new life. Some were fastening their bedding; some were changing clothes; some were just peering expectantly out of the window. All were excited, eagerly awaiting their journey's end.
