Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics..
A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members..
Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge..
They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed..
If I did not have a sense of humor, I would have long ago killed myself..
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?.
Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints..
Let your thoughts be positive for they will become your words. Let your words be positive for they will become your actions. Let your actions be ….
You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death..
Democracy and violence can ill go together..
If you have faith in the cause and the means and in God, the hot sun will be cool for you..
Civilization is the encouragement of differences..
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity..
My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small Voice..
It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesit….
The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.
I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him..
Whatever does not exist in the body can't be found in the universe, and whatever exists in the universe can be found in the body..
Not violence, nor untruth but non-violence and Truth are the laws of our being..
Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society..
Self-respect knows no considerations..