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
Truth and nonviolence are perhaps the activest forces you have in the world.
If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase.
An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.
A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
The panoplied warrior of truth and nonviolence is ever and incessantly active.
All society is held together by nonviolence even as the earth is held in her position by gravitation.
We dare not enter the kingdom of liberty with mere life-homage to truth and nonviolence.
Nonviolence does not require any outside or outward training.
To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.
Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.
That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.
My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.
My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.
My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.