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
Cowardice is not a sign of belief in God.
Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never for the cowardly.
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.
A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women
When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence
The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.
Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.
Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.
It was the cowards who died many times before their death.
Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?
Cowardice is incompatible with divine wisdom.
There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.
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.
Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.