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
Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.
Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.
Democracy demands patient instruction on it before legislation.
I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.
Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.
Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself.
My nonviolence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it.
The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
An eye for an eye and everyone shall be blind
Satisfaction lies in the effort not the attainment. Full effort is full victory.
Be the change you want to see in the world.