No one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation.

It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

True swadeshi is that alone in which all the processes through which cotton has to pass are carried out in the same village or town.

But I never again went through this street. There would be other men coming in this man's place and, ignorant of the incident, they would behave likewise. Why should I unnecessarily court another kick? I therefore selected a different walk.

You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher.