By Gaurav Sarma
Published Sep 30, 2024

Hindustan Times
Education

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10 quotes by ‘Bapu’ on education to draw inspiration from

Gandhi Jayanti 2024

“Basic education links the children, whether of cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India”

“Literacy is not the end of education nor even the beginning”

“Real education has to draw out the best from the boys and girls to be educated”

“An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer”

“True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances, or it is not a healthy growth”

“What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education”

“I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations”

“I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning”

“A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.”

"Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life"