I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world. I believe that they are all God- given and I believe that they were necessary for the people to whom these religions were revealed. And I believe that if only we could all of us read the scriptures of the different faiths from the standpoints of the followers of these faiths, we should find that they were at bottom all one and were all helpful to one another.

Conservation of national sanitation is Swaraj work and it may not be postponed for a single day on any consideration whatsoever.

If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.

I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

The essence of a vow does not consist in the difficulty of its performance but in the determination behind it unflinchingly to stick to it in the teeth of difficulties.

I may have become Christian, were it not for Christians.