Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure..
The story of Ramakrishna is a story of religion in practice. His life enables us to see God face to face.... In this age of skepticism Ramakrishna pr….
I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels….
External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp..
Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others..
Man, through the cow, is enjoined to realize his identity with all that lives..
The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme..
God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship..
Nonviolence is not an easy thing to understand, still less to practice, weak as we are..
Mankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence..
In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one..
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its comprom….
My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence..
Simplicity is the essence of universality..
Everything that we do is insignificant...and...it is very important that we do it!.
In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa..
If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day..
Our peaceful non-co-operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love..
If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field of nonviolence..
When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs..
Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong..