Nothing in the Shastra, which is manifestly contrary to universal truths and morals, can stand.

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.

Unless the charkha adds to your ahimsa and makes you stronger every day, your Gandhism is of little avail.

It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.

My own opinion is that just as fundamentally man and woman are one, their problems must be one in essence.