Democracy can only represent the average if not less than the average.

It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.

Prayer needs no speech. It is in itself independent of any sensuous effort. But it must be combined with the utmost humility.

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint

A clear victory of satyagraha is impossible so long as there is ill will.

Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.