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
True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.
Why should men arrogate to themselves the right to regulate female purity?
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.
I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.
Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.
Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity.
It is necessary first to purify the drunken and dissolute worshippers in charge of some of these temples.
Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided.
A spirit is not necessarily purer, because it is disembodied.
Temple going is for the purification of the soul.
To a pure heart all hearts are pure.
Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.
Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.
Purity of life is the highest and truest art.