Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, (known to his followers as Mahatma – Great Soul) (1869 – 1948) was a great Indian leader and teacher.

Much influenced by the traditional bhakti of his native Gujarāt and fortified by Christian and other religious literature that encouraged similar attitudes, Mahatma Gandhi, the most important leader for independence, appeared to his followers as the quintessence of the Hindu tradition. His austere celibate life was one that the Indian laity had learned to respect implicitly. Gandhi‘s message reached a wider public than that of any of the earlier reformers. His most famous teaching was non-violence. He encouraged his people not to cooperate with their British rulers in order to obtain better conditions from them. He set an example by fasting. He was assassinated in New Delhi while preaching unity between Hindus and Muslims.

“A man is but a product of his thought. What he thinks he becomes.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Be the change that you want to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The greatness of a nation & its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator” – Mahatma Gandhi