In plain words
Giving answers of this kind: ‘Child! The students of these times, not recognising their own strength and ability, make many attempts to fulfil the wishes of their heart. That is why they fail, fall into despair, and in their dejection breed agitation. But he himself makes no effort to recognise his own strength. For good children, every human being must try to recognise his own principle well. Among men today, no one learns in his own life what the supreme goal of life is. But no one has the concern, ‘I have not come to know the supreme goal of life!’ Once in a long while, in one in ten million, this concern begins. That itself is the main step to the highest goal. But for many people, what is the meaning of life? Food to fill the belly, sleep to fill the eyes, cloth to cover the body, children to fill the house. We think this is the supreme goal of life. No. No. This food to fill the belly, sleep to fill the eyes, cloth to cover the body, children to fill the house, are there for beasts, birds and wild animals too. What is the supreme goal of human life? It is not man's nature to eat and simply sit. He eats and goes about. Going about, he finds things out. Whatever is good, that he develops. The good he has developed he puts into practice. The good he has practised he passes on to others. This itself is the true supreme goal. Just as a fish enters the water, moves about in it, eats the dirt in the water and makes the water pure, so must the student enter this society, … the foulness that is in society, develop a great ideal, experience the ideal he has developed, and share with others the Ānanda he has experienced.
Child, life is not a solitary life. It is bound up with a society. It is not an individual life but a collective life. Without society there is no individual. All the happiness and peace of the individual is held within society. So wish for the welfare of society. Lokāssamastāssukhino bhavantu: all must be happy.