God tries his votaries through and through but never beyond endurance. He gives them strength enough to go through the ordeal he prescribes for them.

It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.

There is an indefinable mysterious Power that pervades everything.

Is it not possible for us all to realize that the masses will never mount to freedom through murder?

Civil disobedience does not admit of any violence or countenancing of violence directly or indirectly.

In an atmosphere of ahimsa, one has no scope to put his ahimsa to the test. It can be tested only in the face of himsa.

A prayerful study and experience are essential for a correct interpretation of the scriptures.