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Mahatma Gandhi

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (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 whose legacy would later inspire 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.

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Quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

The acquisition of the spirit of nonresistance is a matter of long training in self-denial and appreciation of the hidden forces within ourselves. . . . It puts different values upon things and upsets previous calculations. . . . It is the greatest force because it is the highest expression of the soul.

—Mahatma Gandhi

soul force nonresistance training self-denial

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.

—Mahatma Gandhi

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and
the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under
the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and
democracy?

—Mahatma Gandhi

democracy destruction difference liberty

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. . . . It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

—Mahatma Gandhi

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

—Mahatma Gandhi

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

—Mahatma Gandhi

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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.

—Mahatma Gandhi

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.

—Mahatma Gandhi

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

—Mahatma Gandhi

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

—Mahatma Gandhi

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

—Mahatma Gandhi

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

—Mahatma Gandhi

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.

—Mahatma Gandhi

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

—Mahatma Gandhi