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
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.