Occupation: Civil Rights Leader Birth: October 2, 1869 Death: January 30, 1948
Repression does for a true man or a nation what fire does for gold..
I wish to change there minds, not kill them for weaknesses we all poses..
Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation..
My religion is a matter solely between my Maker and myself..
God is not in Kaaba or in Kashi. He is within everyone of us..
God will rule the lives of all those who will surrender themselves without reservation to Him..
God alone knows absolute Truth..
Golden fetters are no less galling to a self-respecting man that iron ones; the sting lies in the fetters, not in the metal..
I once Experimented with marijuna, next thing I know I'm waking up with blood on my hands.......and not my own blood..
If love or non-violence be not the law of our being, the whole of my argument falls to pieces..
We believe as much in the purity of races as we think they (the Whites) do...by advocating the purity of all races..
I want India to come into her own and that state cannot be better defined by any single word than Swaraj..
If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an….
Nonviolent non-co-operators can only succeed when they have succeeded in attaining control over the hooligans of India..
A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon..
A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured..
Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation..
I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to ….
Without an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible..
Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna..
I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy..