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Civil rights leader

A leader of the Indian independence movement, lawyer, politician, and social activist, Mahatma Gandhi is revered as the 'Father of the Nation'. He advocated for non-violence and unity between Hindus and Muslims, leading the Indian struggle for independence and profoundly influencing history both in India and around the world.

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Famous Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

“The hardest heart and the grossest ignorance must disappear before the rising sun of suffering without anger and without malice.”

Inspirational Heart Suffering Sun Ignorance Disappear Hardest Rising Malice

Book:The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

“Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.”

World Heart Prayer Achieve

Book:Gandhi on Non-violence

Source: Gandhi on Non-violence

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.”

Ifs Men Heart Violence Victory Defeat Violent Nonviolence Cloaks Momentary Impotence There Is Hope Non Violent Violent Man

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“True beauty consists of purity of heart.”

Heart Beauty Purity True Beauty

Book:Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects

Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects

“Faith is a function of the heart. It must be enforced by reason. The two are not antagonistic as some think. The more intense one's faith is, the more it whets one's reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.”

Thinking Heart Two Reason Faith Dies Function Blind Intense

Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

“... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music.”

Ifs Humans Heart Music Strikes Human Heart Chords

Book:The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology

Source: The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology

“The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.”

“Religion is not what is grasped by the brain, but a heart grasp.”

Heart Religion Brain

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“A perfect mind comes from a perfect heart, not the heart known by a doctor's stethoscope but the heart which is the seat of God.”

Mind Heart Perfect Known Doctors Seats Stethoscope

Book:Light of India: The Message of the Mahatma

Source: Light of India: The Message of the Mahatma

“A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every thought of people.”

People Heart Felt Prayer Lips Yearning Recitation Heart Felt

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

About the Author

Born: October 2, 1869
Died: January 30, 1948
Known for: Civil rights leader
Quotes: 3239

Books & Sources

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All Men Are BrothersRelated source material

The Wit and Wisdom of GandhiRelated source material

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India of My DreamsRelated source material

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The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian ThoughtsRelated source material

All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical ReflectionsRelated source material

Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred SubjectsRelated source material

Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on PeaceRelated source material

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