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
The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.
True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.
A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.
The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.
No power on earth can resist the lovers of liberty who are ready not to kill opponents, but be killed by them.
Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.
Our aim is not to do things by violence to opponents.
No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.
The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent.
A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.
A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.
The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.
We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.