The International Ideal

176. My religion has no geographical limits. If I have a living faith in it, it will transcend my love for India herself.

–YI, 11-8-20, Tagore, 714.

177. Isolated independence is not the goal of the world States. It is voluntary interdependence.

–YI, 17-7-24, 236.

178. There is no limit to extending our services to our neighbours across State-made frontiers. God never made those frontiers.

–YI, 31-12-31, 427.

Freedom of the Self and of the Nation

179. I do not realize that I am ‘staking a whole nation for self-evolution’. For self-evolution is wholly consistent with a nation’s evolution. A nation cannot advance without the units of which it is composed advancing, and conversely no individual can advance without the nation of which he is a part also advancing. –YI, 26-3-31, 50.

180. The motto of the Gujarat Vidyapith is. It means: That is knowledge which is designed for salvation. On the principle that the greater includes the less, national independence or material freedom is included in the spiritual. The knowledge gained in educational institutions must therefore at least teach the way and lead to such freedom. –YI, 20-3-30, 100.