In the name of religion, we force widowhood upon our three lakh girl-widows who could not understand the import of the marriage ceremony.

My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

Patience means self-suffering.

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.

No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.

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.