Quotes & Sayings About Education Mahatma Gandhi

All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given. — Mahatma Gandhi

Literacy is not the end of education nor even the beginning. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education. — Mahatma Gandhi

Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood. — Mahatma Gandhi

I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education. — Mahatma Gandhi

The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country's freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education. — Mahatma Gandhi

Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help. — Mahatma Gandhi

National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being. — Mahatma Gandhi

Let every young man and woman be warned by my example, and understand that good handwriting is a necessary part of education. I am now of the opinion that children should first be taught the art of drawing before learning how to write. Let the child learn his letters by observation as he does different objects, such as flowers, birds, etc., and let him learn handwriting only after he has learnt to draw objects. He will then write a beautifully formed hand. — Mahatma Gandhi

Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages. — Mahatma Gandhi

Real education has to draw out the best from the boys and girls to be educated. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves. — Mahatma Gandhi

A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber. — Mahatma Gandhi

Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children. — Mahatma Gandhi

Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government. — Mahatma Gandhi

Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India. — Mahatma Gandhi

Literary education must follow the education of the hand -the one gift that distinguishes man from beast. — Mahatma Gandhi

Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship. — Mahatma Gandhi

In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop. — Mahatma Gandhi

True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth. — Mahatma Gandhi

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

Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff. — Mahatma Gandhi

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character. — Mahatma Gandhi

I would rather have India without education, if that is the price to be paid for making it dry. — Mahatma Gandhi

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind. — Mahatma Gandhi

A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul. — Mahatma Gandhi

Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and the reconstitution of society. — Mahatma Gandhi

Literacy in itself is no education. — Mahatma Gandhi

Bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. — Mahatma Gandhi

The notion of education through handicrafts rises from the contemplation of truth and love permeating life's activities. — Mahatma Gandhi

I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations. — Mahatma Gandhi

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. — Mahatma Gandhi

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit. — Mahatma Gandhi

By spiritual training I mean education of the heart. — Mahatma Gandhi

The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man. — Mahatma Gandhi

The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English. — Mahatma Gandhi

They have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as defense minister, or Mahatma Gandhi as minister of health, education, and welfare The Hindu and Buddhist idea of karma and the Muslim idea of kismet, or fate condemn the poor and the disabled to their suffering ... It's the will of Allah. These beliefs are nothing but abject fatalism, and they would devastate the social gains this nation has made if they were ever put into practice. — Pat Robertson

True education is that which proves useful in life and makes you industrious. — Mahatma Gandhi

Real education consists in drawing the best out of yourself. — Mahatma Gandhi