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
To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.
My creed of nonviolence does not favour the punishment of thieves and dacoits and even murderers.
My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.
My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.
My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.
Unless we learn the lesson of nonviolence fully, we shall never do away with the deadly feuds which have been the curse of the Frontier people.
Unless you go on discovering new applications of the law of nonviolence, you do not profit by it.
When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.
Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.
That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.
Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.
To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.
Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.
We dare not enter the kingdom of liberty with mere life-homage to truth and nonviolence.