Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours..
When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence.
Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help..
Prayer has not been a part of my life in the sense that truth has been..
The Khaddar of my conception is that handspun cloth entirely takes the place of mill cloth in India..
The central fact of Hinduism is cow protection..
When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier..
Nonviolence in the sense of mere non-killing does not appear to me, therefore, to be of any improvement on the technique of violence..
The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subject….
I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength..
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners..
You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act..
I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ..
Children inherit the qualities of the parents, no less than their physical features. Environment does play an important part, but the original capita….
I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece ….
Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used..
Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing..
Truth is one, paths are many..
I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of ….
Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew..
If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence..