How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I then had the false notion that gymnastics had nothing to do with education. Today I know that physical training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training. (1.5.3)
Did you hate P.E.? All the jumping rope and jogging? Well, too bad. Gandhi says you've got to do it. It makes sense he'd say so because he believes purifying our bodies—through such techniques as fasting and diet control—makes us better seekers of truth.
Quote #2
Let every young man and woman be warned by my example, and understand that good handwriting is a necessary part of education. (1.5.7)
Many books say appearances aren't important, that who you are down deep when no one is looking is what counts. Gandhi, however, considers a person's effect on others to be very important. After all, he wants to achieve political change. So, even something small like the quality of your handwriting has an impact on how others perceive you. The better your handwriting, the better you appear to be to others.
Quote #3
It is now my opinion that in all Indian curricula of higher education there should be a place for Hindi, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and English, besides of course the vernacular. This big list need not frighten anyone. If our education were more systematic, and the boys free from the burden of having to learn their subjects through a foreign medium, I am sure learning all these languages would not be an irksome task, but a perfect pleasure. A scientific knowledge of one language makes a knowledge of other languages comparatively easy. (1.5.11)
In many parts of the world, it's expected that someone will be able to speak more than one language, including in Europe and Africa. Gandhi doesn't want people to be recluses but to go out into the world and interact politically and make the world a better place. Being able to speak with others in the language they're most comfortable with makes you a more effective—and compassionate—person.