In plain words
Education must teach humility and obedience, a spirit of sacrifice and divinity along with physical science
In this world God has given man fire, water, air, earth and space, all of them, and has made it possible for him to live in happiness and peace from day to day, without any obstacle. If even one of these elements were missing, man could not stand for a moment. If, while enjoying the five elements God has given, we do not honour the very Master who gave them, what value is there in humanness? So we must give our gratitude to the Lord who has given us everything. In the same way we must first of all honour our mother and father, who made our bodies enjoy the essence through their own limbs and so gave us to this world in human form. To make them happy is the chief form of humility. That is why we must take the greatest care in teaching. Merely giving physical science can never be the aim of education. That brings to nothing the very progress of the world. Along with science we must regard humility and obedience, the spirit of sacrifice and divinity as inner parts of life.
Man today is establishing many theories. Through the study of natural things he is able to learn a great deal. With much research he is trying to conquer the universe. But how many qualities has he been able to win for himself as a man? How many of the marks of humanness has he been able to nourish in himself? Research that cannot nourish the qualities of humanness is useless. Education must not stop at making people learned and well-versed. The aim of education is to shape human beings into true human beings. In the qualities of humanness we must try to recognise the supreme principle that is joined with the five elements. There is no use in merely being a philosopher. We must recognise humanness, too, through enquiry. For one who cannot recognise even humanness to become a philosopher would be artificial. The qualities of humanness are Satya, Dharma, Śānti, Prema and Ahiṃsā.