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
Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.
If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.
I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.
It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.
It was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it.
The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.
But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God.
Without the study of Samskrit one cannot become a true Indian and a true learned man.
Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
Selfless action is a source of strength.
Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.
The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.
There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.
No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.