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
Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.
I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.
Selfless action is a source of strength.
There is enough for the need of everyone in this world, but not for the greed of everyone.
Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.
Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also.
Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
Truth is transcendent. There are many expressions of it and ways to glimpse it. We cannot hold it in our clenched fist, but must hold it in our open palm and invite others to see it for themselves.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help.
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.