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
Whether one or many, I must declare my faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether even for defending her borders
There go my people, I must hurry to catch up with them for I am their leader.
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
Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
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.
Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
If everybody lives by the sweat of his brow, the earth will become a paradise.
Labour, because it chose to remain unintelligent, either became subservient, or insolently believed in damaging the capitalists' goods and machinery or even in killing the capitalists.
The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society.
This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.
Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward.
National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.
Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.