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
Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.
There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.
There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.
Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.
A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.
In the code of the satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force.
A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.
A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.
A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding.
To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.
A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.
A satyagrahi is dead to his body even before the enemy attempts to kill him.
There is no time limit for a satyagrahi nor is there a limit to his capacity for suffering.
A satyagrahi has always his minimum and it is this minimum that is wanted in connection with this struggle.