Meanwhile, suffice it to say that though I entertain the highest reverence and love for Baha'ullah's son, Abdul Baha, whom I regard as a mahatma-'a great-souled one'-and look up to as one of the highest examples in the spiritual firmament, I hold no brief for the Bahai community, and can be as impartial in dealing with facts relating to the Bahais as with facts which happen to concern my own beloved mother-church, the Church of England.
"The Reconciliation of Races and Religions"
Thomas Kelly Cheyne
His philosophy had been influenced by the writings of Henry Thoreau and mahatma Gandhi with the result that he developed an ideology of nonviolent resistance.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
She has spoken mysteriously to me before of her reasons for denying herself luxuries; of the goal she expected to reach through rigid denial of the body and training of the spirit; of her longing to come less in contact with the foul magnetism of the common herd, so detrimental to her growth; but she formally announced to me in strict confidence to-day her ambition to be a mahatma.
"Marm Lisa"
Kate Douglas Wiggin