Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was born and raised in a Hindu
family in Western India. The honorific title 'Mahatma', meaning
'great-souled' and 'venerable', was applied to him in 1914. Mahatma
Gandhi became an Indian lawyer, and was an anti-colonialist and
political ethicist. He led a nonviolent resistance movement,
successfully campaigning for India's independence from British Rule. As
a result, he inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the
world. In 1921, he adopted the loin cloth, with a shawl to wear in the
winter to identify with the poor of India. Known for his campaigns to
ease poverty, expand women's rights, building bridges across races and
religions and peacefully achieving Swaraj ('self-rule'), he earned
worldwide respect and admiration. Revered for his wisdom, this extensive
collection of over 400 quotes made by the great man during his lifetime
inspires, endures and evokes a depth of insight that few great men can
match.
