All satyagraha and fasting is a species of tyaga. It depends for its effects upon an expression of wholesome public opinion shorn of all bitterness.
There are innumerable definitions of God because his manifestations are innumerable.
God resides in every human form, indeed in every particle of His creations, in everything that is on his earth.
My fast is a matter between God and myself.
In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant.
With me the connection between the cosmic phenomena and human behaviour is a living faith that draws me nearer to God, humbles me and makes me readier for facing Him.