A fast to be true must be accompanied by a readiness to receive pure thoughts and determination to resist all Satan's temptations.

Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha.

It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage

My Gita tells me that evil can never result from a good action.

Sanitation is more important than Independence.

If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!

In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy.