Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡændi/; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world. Gandhi's birthday, 2 October, is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. Gandhi is commonly, though not formally, considered the Father of the Nation in India, and was commonly called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for father, papa).
Quotes:
- “When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.”
- “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
- “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
- “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
- “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
- “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
- “The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”
- “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
- “A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes.”
- “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
- “I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one’s self-respect.”
- “Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.”
- “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
- “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
- “Glory lies in the attempt to reach one’s goal and not in reaching it.”
- “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”
- “Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.”
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TOP 100+ Mahatma Gandhi Quotes:
part 1: Peace
part 2: Courage and Bravery
part 3: Quotes on Love
part 4: Quotes on Life
part 5: Quotes on Christianity
part 6: Motivational Quotes
part 7: Life Lessons
part 8: Inspirational Quotes
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