Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
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….
If I had no sense of humor I should long ago have committed suicide..
Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and the reconstitution of society..
Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul..
Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realise what a tremendous advantage she has over man..
According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit..
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect..
When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war..
An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity..
Without proper, careful organisation of the spinning wheel and khaddar, there is absolutely no civil disobedience..
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to rea….
God took and needed no personal service. He served His creatures without demanding any service for Himself in return..
[It] is impossible for us to establish a living vital connection with the masses unless we will work for them, through them and in their midst, not a….
Sickness is the result not only of our acts, but out thoughts also..
Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path..
There is no one without faults, not even men of God. They are men of God not because they are faultless, but because they know their faults, they str….