Earliest instance of this quote found on google books is the 1989 book Forest primeval: the natural history of an ancient forest by Chris Maser, but there it appears to be Maser's own thought (see p. 230 followed by a different supposed Gandhi quote).
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What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.
— Mahatma Gandhi
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." in the context of "Earliest instance of this quote found on google books is the 1989 book Forest primeval: the natural history of an ancient forest by Chris Maser, but there it appears to be Maser's own thought (see p. 230 followed by a different supposed Gandhi quote)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Mahatma Gandhi" (Disputed)
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