India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter.

To know music is to transfer it to life.

Man cannot be transformed from bad to good overnight.

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

No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

The Divine Music is incessantly ringing within all of us, but the loud senses drown the delicate Music, which is unlike and infinitely superior to anything we can perceive with our senses.