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The edifice of my educational thought is almost entirely beholden to the views of Kerschensteiner. At later stages, however, Gandhiji’s influence and his elaboration of some of the finest points on the subject provided the much needed depth and expansion. Words turned into projects and a mere conceptual and transient framework became an insuperable part of my life.

— Zakir Hussain Quest for Truth (1999)

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I have after years of thinking on the subject come to the conviction that work is the only instrument of effective education. It may sometimes be manual work, at others, non-manual work.

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For God’s sake, reform and improve the politics of our country.

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Had your mother not been so well-organized, so simple, so virtuous and so resourceful, I would not have been what I am today.

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