I do dimly perceive that whilst everything around me is ever changing, ever dying,  there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates...for I can see that in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth,  truth persists, in the midst of darkness,  light persists.

Mohatma Gandhi, Spiritual Message (London, Kingsley Hall, 20 October 1931)