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 greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
If we are to reach peace in this world and if we are to carry on a war against war, we shall have to begin with the children
Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.
Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored.
Outward Peace is useless without inner Peace
You can't shake hands with a closed fist.
All my actions have their rise in my inalienable love of mankind.
I can combine the greatest love with the greatest opposition to wrong.
I believe that it is impossible to end hatred with hatred.
I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.
Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.
Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.
A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.
It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend.