Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Country India
Born Thursday, 02 October 1969
Category Social Activists
Quotes 433

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi in India as Bapu and Jathi Pitha (father of the nation), was an advocate and pioneer of nonviolent social protest and direct action in the form he called Satyagraha. He led the struggle for India's independence from British colonial rule. (Source: en.wikiquote.org)

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“The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.” Uncategorized
“If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.” Uncategorized
“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.” Uncategorized
“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth. ” Uncategorized
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” Uncategorized
“Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.” Uncategorized
“Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.” Uncategorized
“But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.” Uncategorized
“Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.” Uncategorized
“A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber.” Uncategorized
“Hatred can be overcome only by love. ” Uncategorized
“There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.” Uncategorized
“The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination?” Uncategorized
“I have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.” Uncategorized
“I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.” Uncategorized
“I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.” Uncategorized
“You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve love and affection.” Uncategorized
“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.” Uncategorized
“To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend. ” Uncategorized
“The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?” Uncategorized