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
Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if at the same time you did not build your character and attain mastery over your thoughts and your actions
It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
The world cannot be successfully fooled for all time.
Time is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mutual tolerance is a necessity for all time and for all races.
Whether one or many, I must declare my faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether even for defending her borders
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within
There go my people, I must hurry to catch up with them for I am their leader.
Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.