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
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
Let no one try to justify the glaring difference between the classes and the masses, the prince and the pauper, by saying that the former need more.
For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.
The practice of truth and nonviolence melted religious differences, and we learnt to see beauty in each religion.
How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.
Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.
Live simply that others might simply live.
The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.
The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?
Whether one or many, I must declare my faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether even for defending her borders
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within
There go my people, I must hurry to catch up with them for I am their leader.
Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.