Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
Man is not at peace with himself till he has become like unto God..
There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results..
No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards..
Doubt is invariably the result of want or weakness of faith..
A man of truth must ever be confident, if he has also equal need to be diffident..
Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke..
Man does not live by destruction..
Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics wit….
The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth..
The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal..
It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole….
For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions..
Further march of civilization seems to employ increasing domination of man over beast, together with a growingly humane method of using them..
If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problem….
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within..
If it is possible for the human tongue to give the fullest description of God, I have come to the conclusion that God is Truth..
Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill..
I do not accept the orthodox teaching that Jesus was or is God incarnate in the accepted sense or that he was or is the only Son of God..
Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it..
India is one vast prison with high walls of suppression clothing her mind and her body..
A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit..