AN APPEAL TO THE HEART

~ 43 ~ emanates – the only source whose guidance is worthy of trust. Trust and conviction are, in fact, the source of all revolution, be it religious or secular. A history of revolution tells us that it was the courage of conviction—right or wrong—in certain souls, which has made history. The revolution of France: the victory of Communism and the freedom movements in various countries were all, in fact, based on such conviction as stimulated them to action. Initially none of these movements had possessed either huge resources of armaments or enormous wealth. They were unable even to conceive fully of what shape their activities were going to take in future; how their theories were going to be put into practice. The only thing that spurred them on to make unflagging efforts was a concept which had preoccupied their thoughts. It was the discovery of some political, economic or nationalistic truths that inspired them to such a degree that they concentrated all their potentialities and energies on making it known to people. For this, they accepted the challenge—however harsh it was, of external opposition and engaged themselves