Seven Deadly Sins: by Mahatma Gandhi as Expounded by Stephen R Covey

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Excerpts from Chapter 7 - Seven Deadly Sins - Page 87 to 93


Mahatma Gandhi said that seven things will destroy us. Notice that all of them have to do with social and political conditions. Note also that the antidote of each of these "deadly sins" is an explicit external standard or something that is based on natural principles and laws, not on social values.

Wealth Without Work
Pleasure Without Conscience
Knowledge Without Character
Commerce (Business) Without Morality (Ethics)
Science Without Humanity
Religion Without Sacrifice
Politics Without Principle


Rights Without Responsibility - This is the 8th sin by Arun Gandhi

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