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
It Is possible to live in peace.
Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.
Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
He who does not see God in the next person he meets need look no further.
You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
Full effort is full victory.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Mutual tolerance is a necessity for all time and for all races.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.