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
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
A 'NO' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'YES' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God.
The Gita is not an aphoristic work, it is a great religious poem.
To lose patience is to lose the battle.
The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.
The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves.
I would beseech you not only to be pure beyond suspicion but I would ask you to combine with stainless purity, great wisdom and great ability.
If my nonviolence is to be contagious and infectious, I must acquire greater control over my thoughts.
Nonviolence requires great patience.
God alone is the judge of true greatness because He knows men's hearts.
One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.
I can combine the greatest love with the greatest opposition to wrong.
There is no god greater than truth.