In plain words
We do not try to understand this humanity even in some measure. I am a man. I am not a beast. We must try to recognise these two. Along with this, acquaintance with books is also needed by us. There must be study. Along with it we must also nurture humanity in daily life. Man has been coming to birth for many lakhs of years. But humanity has not yet been born anywhere. Man appears in form, but humanity is not seen in practice. Practice is essential to humanity. We must nurture humanity. To be born a man and behave like a beast is not good for us. We must respect others. Even when we speak, we must speak with balance. We must look into whether anyone suffers any kind of hardship, whether my words cause any loss or hardship, whether my conduct causes hardship or loss. First of all we must make our parents happy. We must also see clearly whether my parents are happy or grieved by my conduct. We must not think narrowly, with a narrow mind, "My happiness is mine. My comfort is mine alone. My joy is mine alone. What do I care how others fare?" A beast thinks of what is before and behind. If you show it green grass, it comes running in eager hope. If you show it a stout stick, it runs away. In the same way, if you show good, every man is drawn to it. If you show evil, he goes back, saying, "What have I to do with this?" The beast has this. You have it too. What is special in you? After taking so many degrees, after studying so much, after attaining humanity, what ideal are you showing? So education that shows an ideal is essential for us today. We must do service to society. We must not think, "We are educated, so the clothes we wear must not get dirty at all, must not be crumpled." We must bend at the waist and work. The true ideal lies in that very action. We must show the ideal in the actions of our daily life. Without actions there is no use in words.
They may say ten million things, but they do not do one; saying is easy, doing is hard, even for the Creator, even for his grandfather.
So it was said. Saying is very easy. But it must be done and shown. That is the chief ideal in the Sai institutions. We must respect elders. We must serve our parents. We must behave rightly with our fellow men. We must not try to live in some arrogant, haughty way. Pride, on the strength of what? What in the world are you greater than? In nothing at all, are you? You too are subject to the world, are you not? In life you must be master, not slave.