Disc. Mahatma Gandhi. Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā — "Great Soul"). In India he is generally regarded as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ bāpu—"Father") and Jathi Pitha (father of the nation); he was an advocate and pioneer of nonviolent social protest and direct action in the form he called Satyagraha. He led the struggle for India's independence from British colonial rule. Quotes[edit] Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. If India adopted the doctrine of love as an active part of her religion and introduced it in her politics, Swaraj would descend upon India from heaven. 1890s[edit] 1900s[edit] Full text online.
List of Mahatma Gandhi's list of accomplishments. Disc. Bio vid. Gandhi - Biography of Mahatma Gandhi. Who Was Gandhi? Mohandas Gandhi is considered the father of the Indian independence movement. Gandhi spent 20 years in South Africa working to fight discrimination. It was there that he created his concept of satyagraha, a non-violent way of protesting against injustices. While in India, Gandhi's obvious virtue, simplistic lifestyle, and minimal dress endeared him to the people. He spent his remaining years working diligently to both remove British rule from India as well as to better the lives of India's poorest classes. Many civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., used Gandhi's concept of non-violent protest as a model for their own struggles.
Dates: October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948 Also Known As: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma ("Great Soul"), Father of the Nation, Bapu ("Father"), Gandhiji Gandhi's Childhood Mohandas Gandhi was the last child of his father (Karamchand Gandhi) and his father's fourth wife (Putlibai). Off to London Gandhi Arrives in South Africa. Bio text. “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” “Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal?
In reality, there are as many religions as there are individuals.” “The weak can never forgive. “To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.” “Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.” “A man is but the product of his thoughts. “There are many things to do. “An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.”
“For one man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. “If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children.”