Famous Quotes of Mahatma Gandhi-8

Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

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

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"The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless. "

"The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body. "

"The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted."

"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. "

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"Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. "

"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment. "

"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. "

"Morality is contraband in war. "

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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

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The good man is the friend of all living things.Where there is love there is life.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. 

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. 

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

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) has become the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held - in retrospect - that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize. Why?

These questions have been asked frequently: Was the horizon of the Norwegian Nobel Committee too narrow? Were the committee members unable to appreciate the struggle for freedom among non-European peoples?" Or were the Norwegian committee members perhaps afraid to make a prize award which might be detrimental to the relationship between their own country and Great Britain?

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Mahatma Gandhi : Short Biography

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. He became one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of the 1900's. GandhiJi helped free the Indian people from British rule through nonviolent resistance, and is honored by Indians as the father of the Indian Nation.

The Indian people called Gandhiji 'Mahatma', meaning Great Soul. At the age of 13 Gandhi married Kasturba, a girl the same age. Their parents arranged the marriage. The Gandhis had four children. Gandhi studied law in London and returned to India in 1891 to practice. In 1893 he took on a one-year contract to do legal work in South Africa.

At the time the British controlled South Africa. When he attempted to claim his rights as a British subject he was abused, and soon saw that all Indians suffered similar treatment. Gandhi stayed in South Africa for 21 years working to secure rights for Indian people.

He developed a method of action based upon the principles of courage, nonviolence and truth called Satyagraha. He believed that the way people behave is more important than what they achieve. Satyagraha promoted nonviolence and civil disobedience as the most appropriate methods for obtaining political and social goals. In 1915 Gandhi returned to India. Within 15 years he became the leader of the Indian nationalist movement.

Using the principles of Satyagraha he led the campaign for Indian independence from Britain. Gandhi was arrested many times by the British for his activities in South Africa and India. He believed it was honorable to go to jail for a just cause. Altogether he spent seven years in prison for his political activities.

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