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

To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.

Nonviolence has come among men and it will live. It is the harbinger of the peace of the world.

Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.

Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.

The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based.