Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

Mahatma Gandhi was a leader in India's struggle for independence, known for his philosophy of nonviolent resistance and commitment to truth.

Born
October 2, 1869
Died
January 30, 1948
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"I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence."

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"Hinduism is a living organism liable to growth and decay subject to the laws of Nature. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. The changes in the season affect it. It has its autumn and its summer, its winter and its spring. It is, and is not, based on scriptures. It does not derive its authority from one book. Non violence has found the highest expression and application in Hinduism."

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"Use truth as your anvil, nonviolence as your hammer and anything that does not stand the test when it is brought to the anvil of truth and hammered with nonviolence, reject it."

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"Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice."

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"True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind."

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"Confession of one's guilt purifies and uplifts. Its suppression is degrading and should always be avoided."

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"True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world."

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"There is not a moment when I do not feel the presence of a Witness whose eye misses nothing and with whom I strive to keep in tune."

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"I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect."

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"No two men are absolutely alike, not even twins, yet there is much that is indispensably common to all mankind."

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"Nonviolence is the virtue of the manly. The coward is innocent of it."

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"For me there is a vital connection between the Bihar calamity and the untouchability campaign."

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"Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets."

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"If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior"

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"I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force."

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"Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God."

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"Truthful movements spontaneously attract to themselves all manner of pure and disinterested help."

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