Hinduism would not have been much of a religion if Rama had not steeled his heart against every temptation.

I am a Hindu by birth. And yet I do not know much of Hinduism, and I know less of other religions. In fact I do not know where I am, and what is and what should be my belief. I intend to make a careful study of my own religion and, as far as I can, of others.

The present war is the saturation point in violence. It spells, to my mind, also its doom.

All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency.

Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war.

My swadeshi chiefly centers round the handspun khaddar and extends to everything that can be and is produced in India.

This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.