Mahatma Gandhi Quotes


We are all very imperfect and weak things, and if we are to destroy all whose ways we do not like, there will be not a man left alive.


Citations

Gandhi, Mahatma. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. Vol. 9, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1963, p. 238.

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
  • Born: October 2, 1869
  • Died: January 30, 1948
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Lawyer, Anti-Colonial Nationalist, Political Ethicist

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.