Indian independence activist and leader who played a key role in the peaceful resistance movement against British colonial rule
We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
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.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.