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
Nonviolence is a quality not of the body but of the soul.
Nonviolence or soul force does not need physical aids for its propagation of effect.
Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us.
Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.
Nonviolence abhors fear and therefore, secrecy.
True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.
Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness.
Nonviolence is the summit of bravery.
Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.
Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.
Nonviolence requires great patience.
The common factor of all religions is nonviolence.
The science of nonviolence can alone lead one to pure democracy.
There can be no nonviolence offered by the militarily strong.