The object of basic education is the physical, intellectual and moral development of children through the medium of handicraft.

Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior...If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.

Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent.

A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.

Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma.

Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?

The Charkha is the symbol of sacrifice, and sacrifice is essential for the establishment of the image of the deity.