Mohandas K. Gandhi: Accounting

Carefully kept accounts are a sine qua non for any organization. Without them it falls into disrepute. Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

-- Gandhi, Mohandas K. "Mahatma", An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, tr. Mahadev Desai, Part II, ch. XIX

Gandhi spent much time poring over receipts and ledgers. Read his autobiography and find out more.

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