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

We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.

Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.

The Swaraj of my dream is the poor man's Swaraj.

True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world.

Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.

Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength, and there is nothing automatic or intuitive about the resoluteness required for using non-violent methods in political struggle and the quest for Truth.