Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India.

A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society.

... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music.

A satyagrahi has always his minimum and it is this minimum that is wanted in connection with this struggle.

Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.

It is the law of love that rules mankind.

Only the toad under the harrow knows where it pinches him.