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
Bullies are always to be found where there are cowards.
Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.
I know no diplomacy save that of truth.
I own no enemy on earth. That is my creed.
It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.
Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my undying faith in non-violence which rules all my actions, worldly and temporal.
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been deliberately expressed in violence to the evildoer. I am endeavoring to show my countrymen that violent non-cooperation only multiplies evil and that evil can only be sustained by violence. Withdrawal of support of evil requires complete abstention from violence. Non-violence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-cooperation with evil.
Belief in non-violence is based on the assumption that human nature in the essence is one and therefore unfailingly responds to the advances of love ...
Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave.
I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.
God turns His back on those who quarrel among themselves.
Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?
Restraint never ruins one's health.
All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free.