Gandhi's main philosophy in life is nonviolence. They call him the father of nonviolence because of the way he achieved his goals without any violence. When riots broke out and violence occurred, Gandhi would back out and try to keep the peace. He also strongly believes in truth. The word he uses for this is Satyagraha, translated from Sanskrit there are two words in it meaning "truth" and "insistence". This was Gandhi's philosophy emphasizing civil disobedience and other forms of non-violent resistance. He first adapted this term when he left South Africa and started to really stand up for what he believed in. Gandhi displays these philosophies his whole life, being truthful and never causing violence, this is what he lived by. Some famous quotes used by Gandhi that describe his philosophies are "Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up," and "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." These two quotes really demonstrate Gandhi's meaning of violence and what it is to live without it. As for Gandhi's mission statement, he lives by this: "Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:
I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth.
And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering."
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