In plain words
However learned a man may be, without character he has no name, no standing. In all learning, character is of first importance. But for the students of today the teachers foster only cleverness, and make no fitting effort to nourish good qualities. If we want to cultivate the sacred qualities of old, we must go into the villages. If any of the culture of Bhārata is left, more or less, it is only in the villages. We must go into such sacred villages and lead a life that gives a lofty ideal.
In the world all are servants!
We must understand what service means. In the world, from the king down to the farmer, all are servants! From the man too poor for a meal to the man of crores, all are servants! To the father, the mother is a servant. To the mother, the father is a servant. To the wife, the husband is a servant. To the husband, the wife is a servant. To the mother, the child is a servant. To the child, the mother is a servant. The teacher is a servant to the student. To the student, the teacher is a servant. If we do not move with one another in this spirit of service, we cannot live together in harmony in this world. At the time he imparts learning, the guru is a servant to the student. The servant's attitude is very precious. Merely because he thinks, ‘I am rich, I am strong, I am virtuous, I am a man of wealth,’ a man is not the master. The very limbs of our body are the right witness to this. When we do not look at what is to be seen, its very form is not known. The eyes are what see. If the matter is not heard at all, what will we know? If there were no words at all, we could not recognise the secret of the Manas. The tongue is speaking. The eyes are seeing. The ears are hearing, the hands are working. All these are servants! That is, all the senses are servants! Their master is the Manas. How far? The master too depends on the senses. If the senses do not teach it rightly, the Manas too turns servant. In the world all beings are no different from servants! In childhood, at the time of their learning, a poor boy and a rich boy used to study at one school.