My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.

The villagers want bread-not butter-and disciplined work, some work that will supplement their agricultural avocations which do not go on for all the 12 months.

What is faith if it is not translated into action?

Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. So doing, we know ourselves.

India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.

It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.