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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"A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization."

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"It is indeed a million times better to appear untrue before the world than to be untrue to ourselves."

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"A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted."

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"I cannot picture to myself a time when all mankind will have one religion."

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"I believe in advaita, I believe in the essential unity of man and for that matter of all that lives."

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"A man of truth must also be a man of care."

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"Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning."

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"Non-co-operation and civil disobedience in terms of Swaraj are not to be thought of without substantial constructive effort."

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"All society is held together by nonviolence even as the earth is held in her position by gravitation."

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"There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment."

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"For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage of the brute."

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"Mankind is one, seeing that all are equally subject to the moral law. All men are equal in God's eyes."

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"We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God."

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"A man like me cannot but believe that this earthquake is a divine chastisement sent by God for our sins."

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"God is that indefinable something which we all feel but which we do not know."

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"There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together."

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"Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history."

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"A bogus Congress register can never lead you to Swaraj any more than a paper boat can help you to sail across the Padma."

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