Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
Man should earnestly desire the well - being of all God's creations and pray that we may have the strength to do so.
Man in the flesh is essentially imperfect. He may be described as being made in the image of God but is far from being God.
Man can only describe God in his own poor language.
Man can only conceive God within the limitation of his own mind.
Man alone is made in the image of God.
Nonviolence is an attribute of the Almighty whose ways of fulfilling Himself are inscrutable.
Meditation is waiting on God.
A living faith in God means acceptance of the brotherhood of mankind.
Let us fear God and we shall cease to fear man.
It was manly and dignified to rely upon God for the dissolution of all troubles. He was the only infallible help, guide and friend.
It is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent.
It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.
It is better to be charged with cowardice and weakness than to be guilty of denial of our oath and sin against God.
In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices.