And the weaver will teach them how to weave their own cloth. This is my conception of Samagra Gramaseva. Then I will say that we cannot hope to improve our villages in this age. . . . He has money but his strength does not lie in his money. Real strength lies in knowledge.
True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.
Everyone seeks the advice of such a man. The villagers should develop such a high degree of skill that articles prepared by them should command a ready market outside. When our villages are fully developed, there will be no dearth in them of men with a high degree of skill and artistic talent. There will be village poets, village artists, village architects, linguists and research workers. In shout, there will be nothing in life worth having which will not be had in the villages.