Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
In battling against untouchability, and in dedicating myself to that battle, I have no less an ambition than to see a full regeneration of humanity..
Mother cow expects from us nothing but grass and grain..
What is life worth without trials and tribulations which are the salt of life..
I am part and parcel of the whole and cannot find God apart from the rest of humanity..
In the midst of darkness, light persists..
At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be ….
The incident deepened my feeling for the Indian settlers. I discussed with them the advisability of making a test case, if it were found necessary to….
If light can come out of darkness, then alone can love emerge from hatred..
The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother..
The strength of the soul can defy a whole world in arms against it..
Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals..
I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment..
A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa..
Real beauty is my aim..
Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips..
The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world..
'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane..
I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations. My humble occupation ….
Ours is one continual struggle against a degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, who desire to degrade us to the level of the ra….
Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul..
If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide..