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
My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.
A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.
Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.
The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.
The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.
Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).
Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya.
In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.
The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.
It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.
It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.