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
Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled. Now we have handled it and we seem to be disillusioned. At least - I am, even if you are not. What are we celebrating today? Surely, not our disillusionment.
The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind.
Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.
Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger.
I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.
How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.
Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many.
A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and the reconstitution of society.
The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.
The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust.
As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.
True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world.