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
Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.
Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.
Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing.
True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.
The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
The fullest application of ahimsa does make life impossible.
Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.
Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world.
Love and ahimsa are matchless in their effect.
Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.
Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.
The highest religion has been defined by a negative word: ahimsa.
Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God.
Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.