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
Death is at any time blessed but it is twice blessed for a warrior who dies for his cause, that is, truth.
To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.
Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.
The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.
Buddha renounced every worldly happiness because he wanted to share with the whole world his happiness which was to be had by men who sacrificed and suffered in the search for truth.
Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.
Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.
What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.
The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth.
Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.
Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth triumph.
It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means.
Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.