Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.
The foundation of service and your real training lie in spinning khaddar.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?
Nonviolence which to me is the glory of Hinduism, has been sought to be explained away by our people as being meant for the sanyasis only.