Ela Bhatt quotes:

It is our moral failure that we still tolerate poverty

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

Values are most important. Democratic values have to be instilled from childhood and the child sees at an early stage in life in every situation in society.

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

Out of all virtues simplicity is my most favorite virtue. So much so that I tend to believe that simplicity can solve most of the problems, personal as well as the world problems. If the life approach is simple one need not lie so frequently, nor quarrel nor steal, nor envy, anger, abuse, kill. Everyone will have enough and plenty so need not hoard, speculate, gamble, hate. When character is beautiful, you are beautiful. That is the beauty of simplicity.

I relish simplicity as an all-comprehensive value.

Non-violence is not a passive idea. It is ethical activism at its political best