Its unadulterated belief in the oneness of God and a practical application of the truth of the brotherhood of man for those who are nominally within its fold are two distinctive contributions of Islam.

God is the vital force or spirit which is all-pervading, all-embracing and, therefore, beyond human ken.

If India won her freedom through truth and non-violence, India would not only point the way to all the exploited Asiatic nations, she would become a torch-bearer for the Negro races.

Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.

I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet.

My religion enables me, obliges me to imbibe all that is good in all the great religions of the earth.

Prayer has been the saviour of my life. Without it I should have been a lunatic long ago.