My Austerities, Fasting And Prayers Are, I

Rama, Allah And God Are To Me Convertible Terms.

I Do Believe That Where There Is A Choice Between Cowardice And Non-violence I Would Advise Violence. Thus When My Eldest Son Asked Me What He Should Have Done, Had He Been Present When I Was Almost Fatally Assaulted In 1908, Whether He Should Have Run Away And Seen Me Killed Or Whether He Should Have Used His Physical Force Which He Could And Wanted To Use, And Defended Me, I Told Him That It Was His Duty To Defend Me Even By Using Violence.

Interdependence Is And Ought To Be As Much The Ideal Of Man As Self-sufficiency. Man Is A Social Being. Without Interrelation With Society He Cannot Realize His Oneness With The Universe Or Suppress His Egotism. His Social Interdependence Enables Him To Test His Faith And To Prove Himself On The Touchstone Of Reality.

It Is Impossible For Me To Reconcile Myself To The Idea Of Conversion After The Style That Goes On In India And Elsewhere Today. It Is An Error Which Is Perhaps The Greatest Impediment To The World's Progress Toward Peace. ... Why Should A Christian Want To Convert A Hindu To Christianity? Why Should He Not Be Satisfied If The Hindu Is A Good Or Godly Man?

We Must Learn To Be Self-reliant And Independent Of Schools, Courts, Protection And Patronage Of A Government We Seek To End, If It Will Not Mend.