“Let no one say that he is a follower of Gandhi. (…) You are no followers but fellow-students, fellow-pilgrims, fellow-seekers, fellow workers.” ~ Gandhi, Harijan, March 2, 1940

Leadership does not need to mean authoritarianism. Discipline does not require hierarchy. Often, it is when leadership and self/group discipline are lacking that a vacuum is created where the latter creep in. Gandhi did not say, “Do as I do.” He wants us to travel the path with him, as “fellow-students, fellow pilgrims, fellow-seekers, fellow workers.”

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