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
I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
The Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified, but the picture is imaginary.
Salvation of the Gita is perfect peace.
To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.
Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.
A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.
Without real nonviolence, there would be perfect anarchy.
Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.
Man will ever remain imperfect, and it will always be his part to try to be perfect.
A perfect mind comes from a perfect heart, not the heart known by a doctor's stethoscope but the heart which is the seat of God.
Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.
Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it become indescribable, indefinable.