As India gears up to celebrate the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, it’s time for us to remember the teachings of the father of the nation and adapt them as the world is battling difficult times owing to the pandemic and the rise in geopolitical tensions. Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on 2nd October every year to mark the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi.  Also Read: Babri Masjid Case Verdict: Amit Shah Congratulates LK Advani; RS Prasad Arrives At BJP Veteran's Residence

Mahatma Gandhi always believed in religious pluralism and wanted India to be a secular nation. This day is celebrated to mark his contribution to the nation, and October 2 is celebrated every year as a national holiday. The day is also celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence by the United Nations.  Born on 2nd October 1869, Mahatma Gandhi remains one of the prominent national personalities who led India’s freedom struggle against the British rule in India. Several civil rights movements across the world have been inspired by Gandhi’s non-violence method. Gandhi has promoted the principle of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass nonviolent civil disobedience.

Here are inspirational quotes from the father of the Nation:

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

"Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. A physical relationship divorced from spiritual is a body without a soul."
"Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral."


"To me, God is Truth and Love; God is ethics and morality: God is fearlessness. God is the source of Light and Life and yet He is above and beyond all these. God is conscience."


"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."


"I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it."


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