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 a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.
The message of Jesus has proved ineffective because the environment was unready to receive it.
Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.
Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.
Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.
A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.
The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.
Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.
What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.
Character alone will have real effect on the masses.
A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.
There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.
Active nonviolence of the brave puts to flight thieves, dacoits, murderers, and prepares an army of volunteers ready to sacrifice themselves in quelling riots, in extinguishing fires and feuds, and so on.
For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.