That man is best educated who knows the greatest number of things that are so, and who can do the greatest number of things to help and heal the world.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.

India has probably lost its position to China as the world's workshop. At the same time it has the power to be ahead of China when it comes to knowledge. Not that the Chinese are far behind. They will get there. But our challenge is to invest sufficiently in education.

Merely gathering knowledge may become the most useless work a man can do. What can you do to help and heal the world? That is the educational test.

Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.