In plain words
Within our hearts we must grow the divine and noble feeling that we must offer a sacred and exemplary life. For an ideal, learning is not the main thing. Learning is needed to sustain human life, but if we are to show and proclaim an ideal humanness, we must be people of good character. What we pursue for a livelihood is learning. What we practise for the supreme goal of life is good character. Only when there is learning along with good qualities, and good qualities along with learning, does the union of the two bring us joy, as when the negative and the positive are joined. Then any task at all can be achieved.
The story of Thomas Alva Edison
Faith in God and dedication to one's work: these two are essential for students. You know him. Thomas Alva Edison. He was born in America on 11 February 1847, in a village called Melor in the state of Ohio. Though he learnt from his parents in many ways, he remained unlettered; yet by faith in God and dedication to his work he went on acquiring many astonishing powers. When he was nine he was already taking part in many kinds of investigations. His parents went to great trouble to have him taught, but it came to nothing. He would not go to school. He would sit in a corner holding some toys in his hands, take them all apart and put them back together again, and so he grew absorbed in this kind of research.
One day, because his parents were angry with him, he began some experiments in the granary of the house next door. In those experiments an accident happened. There was a loud bang, and with it the whole granary burned down. Recognising that Thomas was the cause of the accident, his father tied the boy hand and foot, dragged him into the market place and beat him soundly. He told him that he must do no more experiments of this kind, and demanded that he promise it. But the boy could not answer.