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 will profit you nothing to remember old wrongs and nurse old enmities.
By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.
My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities.
Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies.
The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.
Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.
A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.
Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech
Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.
Start changing yourself if you want to change the life around you.
My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.
I am, and have been for years, a confirmed anti-vaccinationist...I have not the least doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process that is harmful in the end.
I eat to live, to serve, and also, if it so happens, to enjoy, but I do not eat for the sake of enjoyment.
The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.