“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This oft-shared quote is commonly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. Those words, according to Joseph Ranseth, are a paraphrase of what he said. He actually said: “We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world…

Cover of “Five Letters From Prison That Have Changed the World” by Rodney Walker. (Amazon Pro Hub)Letters that have transformed the world have come from the very best persons and some of the very worst. Both categories are represented in “Five Letters From Prison That Have Changed The World,” by Rodney Walker, a U.S. history teacher….

By Aytekin Tank In India, Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation. He was hands-down one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. And he was, unsurprisingly, an extremely busy man. But every day, he walked nearly 18 kilometers (that’s about 11.2 miles). He wrote countless letters. He carved out…