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
A man of prayer regards what are known as physical calamities as divine chastisement.
Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.
The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.
My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.
My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
Worship or prayer is not to be performed with the lips, but with the heart.
Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.
A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.
Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.
Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.
Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.
Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion.
Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.