Mohandas Karamchand 'Mahatma' Gandhi - The Bapu of the Nation

[Guji-Ji]

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_language): મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, Hindi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language): मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी, IAST (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAST): mohandās karamcand gāndhī, IPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet): [moːhənd̪aːs kərəmtʃənd̪ gaːnd̪ʱiː]) (October 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2), 1869 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869) – January 30 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_30), 1948 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948)), was a major political and spiritual leader of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India) and the Indian independence movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_independence_movement). In India, he is recognized as the Father of the Nation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_the_Nation). October 2nd, his birthday, is each year commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_Jayanti), and is a national holiday (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_in_India). He was the pioneer of Satyagraha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha)—the resistance of tyranny (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny) through mass civil disobedience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience), firmly founded upon ahimsa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa) or total non-violence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-violence)—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known in India and across the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Hindi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_language): महात्मा, məhatma ; from Sanskrit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit), mahātmā (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma): Great Soul) and as Bapu (in Gujarati, Father).

[Guji-Ji]

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga134953.html)

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga164233.html)

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga125863.html)

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150715.html)

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160857.html)

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga165368.html)

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160745.html)

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160736.html)

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160841.html)

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga166272.html)

Action expresses priorities.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga120119.html)

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga122496.html)

Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150701.html)

All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160768.html)

[lineyman]

The guy has some amazing quotes

[Guji-Ji]

i think i filled up the title too much, people dont seem to be seeing it lol. anyways more quotes:

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga134822.html)

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga122751.html)

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga107502.html)

An eye for an eye makes us all blind.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga173175.html)

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga107039.html)

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga134879.html)

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150707.html)

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga125866.html)

Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160697.html)

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga163698.html)

Be the change that you want to see in the world.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga109075.html)

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160866.html)

Better far than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160727.html)

Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160791.html)

But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160773.html)

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga135025.html)

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160788.html)

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160878.html)

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160780.html)

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150705.html)

Don't listen to friends when the Friend inside you says 'Do this.'
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga134774.html)

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga121892.html)

Each one prays to God according to his own light.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160795.html)

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga137654.html)

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160740.html)

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160814.html)

[.Prizzle.]

wow he has some amazing quotes....

i've actually visited the place were he got shot

[Guji-Ji]

Evil is, good or truth misplaced.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160817.html)

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150708.html)

Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga121381.html)

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga122431.html)

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160687.html)

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga103630.html)

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160719.html)

Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living ?
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160844.html)

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga109922.html)

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160794.html)

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga166288.html)

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160711.html)

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160807.html)

God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160826.html)

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga105593.html)

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160786.html)

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga101692.html)

Human society is a ceaseless growth, an unfoldment in terms of spirituality.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160748.html)

I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga104075.html)

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga106148.html)

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga105881.html)

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160820.html)

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga134804.html)

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga166274.html)

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga134961.html)

[Ohh Vee]

Someones been watching "Lage Raho Munnah Bhai"

[Guji-Ji]

Someones been watching "Lage Raho Munnah Bhai"
Ha ha lol, what a film though!

[Ohh Vee]

I know... I think its better than the 1st one to be honest, lol!

Bole to, mamoo ki waat lag gayee!!

[Guji-Ji]

Depends for me about which ones better. The first one is more funny i think but 2nd one has a better messeage behind it. I prefer the 2nd one.

[Brown Sugar Baby]

there some amazing quotes... good thred rep comin ur way

[Guji-Ji]

More from the Bapu:

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160721.html)

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150712.html)

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160811.html)

I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160845.html)

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga107529.html)

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160813.html)

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga125824.html)

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga166281.html)

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150713.html)

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160705.html)

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160802.html)

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160764.html)

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga105954.html)

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160749.html)

If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga125825.html)

Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga160728.html)

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga150724.html)

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga122410.html)

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga133481.html)

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Mohandas Gandhi (http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mohandasga163991.html)