“Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued. As soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst forth upon the world with a brilliance perhaps never known before.”
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Source: Young India (24 April 1924); listed in the 1920s section of Gandhi's English Wikiquote page.
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Decline is read here not as a flaw in the tradition but as tiredness in the people who carry it. Faiths and institutions run on the vitality of their members; when that flags, they look dead but are only dormant. Renewal isn't a rescue from outside, it comes when the energy of those inside returns.
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- A neighborhood association that goes quiet for years, then revives when fresh volunteers step up.
- A dwindling local sport that surges again once a few committed coaches arrive.
- A family recipe nearly forgotten until a grandchild takes up cooking it again.