Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "high-souled", "venerable")—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa—is now used worldwide. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation of India.

Mahatma Gandhi is attributed the quote "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. " Several variations of this quote by others are as follows:

In “Etymologiae” by Isidore of Seville (560 - 636) we find the following quote: “Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.”

In the “Hadith”, Muhammad (570 - 632) is attributed the quote “Live for your afterlife as if you will die tomorrow, and live for this life as if you will live forever.”

Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536) is attributed the quote “[…] live as if you are to die tomorrow, study as if you were to live forever.”

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