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
God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.
My fast is a matter between God and myself.
That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.
No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.
My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.
Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it.
Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.
Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money.
People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.
My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself.
'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.
It is not part of religion to breed buffaloes or, for that matter, cows.
To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.