Educa on

Educa on without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever
devil. C.S. Lewis
Knowledge is power. Informa on is libera ng. Educa on is the premise of progress, in
every society, in every family. Kofi Annan
Educa on is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Educa on
beats the beauty and the youth. Chanakya
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
- Theodore Roosevelt
“Educa on is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Educa on that does not mould the character is absolutely worthless. –
Mahatma Gandhi
True educa on must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a
healthy growth. - Mahatma Gandhi
Real educa on enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-
respect. - A.P. J. Abdul Kalam
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accep ng it. -Aristotle
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” Margaret Mead
“Educa on is what remains a er one has forgo en what one has learnt in
school.” Einstein
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accep ng it.” Aristotle
Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true educa on.
Educa on is a bridge from misery to hope
“Educa on is the manifesta on of perfec on already in man.” Swami Vivekananda
To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to the society –
Theodore Roosevelt
The object of educa on is to prepare the young to educate themselves
throughout their lives.
“Educa ng the mind without educa ng the heart is no educa on at all.” -
Mar n Luther King
“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate
a genera on.” ― Brigham Young

Social Development
It is the first responsibility of every ci zen to ques on authority. - Benjamin Franklin
If everyone is thinking alike then no one is thinking. - Benjamin Franklin
Considera on for others is the basis of a good life and good society. - Confucius
Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. - Einstein
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we
are a sorry lot indeed. - Einstein
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. - Einstein
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed
without changing our thinking. - Einstein
What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right. - Einstein
The only thing we have to fear is the fear itself. - Franklin Roosevelt
In poli cs nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that
way. - Franklin Roosevelt
Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. - George
Washington
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. -
John F. Kennedy
A journey to thousand miles begins with one step. - John F. Kennedy
To those whom much is given, much is expected. - John F. Kennedy
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. - Leo Tolstoy
Dante said that ho est place in hell is reserved for those who in a period of moral
crisis maintain their neutrality. - Mar n Luther King
Non-coopera on with evil is as much a duty as is coopera on with good. - Mar n
Luther King
Public opinion alone can keep a society pure and healthy. - Mar n Luther King
Victory a ained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is temporary. - Mar n
Luther King
I want all people to be Indians first, Indians last and nothing else but Indians. - B.R.
Ambedkar

Poverty
Poverty is the parent of revolu on and crime. - Aristotle
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who
have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have li le. - Franklin
Roosevelt
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in
the form of bread. - Mahatma Gandhi
Before you do anything, stop and recall the face of the poorest most helpless
des tute person you have seen and ask yourself, Is What I am about to do going to
help him? - Mahatma Gandhi

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong, it’s about
changing the way the world perceives that strength.
Women’s freedom is the sign of social freedom.
The educa on and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to
result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all. Aung San Suu Kyi
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around
the world to be brave – to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their
full poten al. Malala Yousafzai
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injus ce to woman. If by strength is
meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably superior man’s superior. Mahatma
Gandhi
I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have
achieved. B.R. Ambedkar
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondi on for mee ng the
challenge of reducing poverty, promo ng sustainable development & building good
governance. Kofi Annan

Science and Religion

“All thinking men are atheists.” Ernest Hemingway
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch
which illuminates the world. (Louis Pasteur)
“The no on that Science and Spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does
a disservice to both.” Carl Sagan
“Science without Religion is lame and Religion without Science is blind” Einstein
“What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without
evidence.” Christopher Hitchens
“Our scien fic power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles
& misguided men.” - Mar n Luther King
We have guided missiles and misguided men. Mar n Luther King, Jr.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the
greatest creed. Woodrow Wilson
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated
philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the
power of reason. Voltaire
Our scien fic power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and
misguided men. Mar n Luther King

DIGITALIZATION
When digital transforma on is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning into a bu erfly,
but when done wrong, all you have is a really fast caterpillar.
Our movements and feelings are constantly monitored, because surveillance is the
business model of the digital age.
The pace at which people are taking to digital technology defies our stereotypes of
age, educa on, language and income. Narendra Modi
In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are a ached to that
create infinite interrup on.

SOCIAL MEDIA
The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connec ng, yet we are
really disconnec ng from each other. J.K. Rowling
Social media is reducing social barriers. It connects people on the strength of human
values, not iden es. Narendra Modi
There are a lot of pros and cons about social media; it’s just how you choose to
handle it and how you have to be prepared for the nega ves as well.
What is interes ng is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to
use social media in a good way. Malala Yousafzai

Democracy
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversa on with the average
voter.” Churchill
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so much dangerous to the
public welfare as the apathy of a ci zen in a democracy” Montesquieu
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” Abraham Lincoln
“There cannot be daily democracy without daily ci zenship.” Ralph Nader
”I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as
the strong.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Democracy is not law of the majority but protec on of the minority.” Albert Camus
“In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ul mate power, but carries
the ul mate responsibility.” Norman Cousins
Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.” - Thomas
Jefferson
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” -
Plato
Poli cal democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. B.
R. Ambedkar
Democracy arises out of the no on that those who are equal in any respect are equal
in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Aristotle
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say
it. Voltaire
POLITICS
Righteousness is the founda on stone of peace and good governance.
In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of poli cs.’ All issues are poli cal
issues, and poli cs itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
Greatness will come by looking forward - untethered from the poli cs of the past and
anchored by our shared values - and by changing our na on’s future.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it. (Leo Tolstoy)

Materialism/Consumerism/Environment
The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth
“The world has enough for everyone’s need but not enough for everyone’s
greed.” Mahatma Gandhi
Water and air, the two essen al fluids on which all life depends, have become
global garbage cans
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
We never know the worth of water ll the well is dry.
To live fully, we must use things and love people, not love things and use people.

GLOBALISATION
It has been said that arguing against globaliza on is like arguing against the laws of
gravity.
One of the fundamental ques ons of today’s world is undoubtedly the ques on of
equitable globalisa on.

IR, FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Foreign policy is a ma er of costs and benefits, not theology.
Interna onal poli cs, like all poli cs, is a struggle for power.
A great deal of world poli cs is a fundamental struggle, but it is also a struggle that
has to be waged intelligently.
Interna onal peace nego a ons need more value crea on than value claiming.
The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Saving our planet, li ing people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these
are one and the same fight. Ban Ki-moon
We are the first genera on to feel the s ng of climate change, and we are the last
genera on that can do something about it. Jay Inslee
Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet.
Bill McKibben
Our desire to ensure energy for all must not lead to the undesired effect of a spiral of
extreme climate changes due to a catastrophic rise in global temperatures, harsher
environments and increased levels of poverty. Pope Francis
The choices that we make today will define our collec ve future. Let us all join
together to beat plas c pollu on and make this planet a be er place to live.
Narendra Modi
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot
remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and
overcrowded planet. Stephen Hawking
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. Robert
Swan

NATIONALISM
Na onalism is a tool increasingly used by leaders to bolster their authority, especially
amid difficult economic and poli cal condi ons.
Neither the colourless vagueness of cosmopolitanism, nor the fierce self-idolatry of
na on-worship, is the goal of human history. Rabindranath Tagore
A good na onalism has to depend on a principle of the common people, on myths of
a struggling commonality.
This thing called na onalism is a treasure that a country uses to try to develop and a
na onality uses to try to survive.

Peace/Jus ce
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know
peace.” William Gladstone
“Peace and Jus ce are two sides of the same coin.” Eisenhower
There is a higher court than courts of jus ce and that is the court of conscience. It
supersedes all other courts. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in
the final sense, a the from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold
and are not clothed – Eisenhower
The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”
“There was never a bad peace or a good war.”
When diplomacy ends, War begins. Adolf Hitler
“Injus ce anywhere is a threat to jus ce everywhere.”
War does not decide who is right but who is le .”
All war represents a failure of diplomacy.
Bringing countries together above their conflicts require great minds & great hearts.
 Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards jus ce.” - Mar n Luther
King Jr.
An individual has not started living un l he can rise above the narrow confines of his
individualis c concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Mar n Luther King,
Jr.
Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu (Let the whole world be prosperous and peaceful)

TRUTH
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. Mark Twain
The truth is incontrover ble. Malice may a ack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the
end, there it is. Winston Churchill
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and
truth loving.
If there were only one truth, you couldn’t paint a hundred canvases on the same
theme. Pablo Picasso

Judiciary
Yatho Dharma Thatho Jayaha: Where there is jus ce, there is victory.

Privacy
They who can give up essen al liberty to obtain a li le temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
Be er to die figh ng for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela

Hunger

1. Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruc on. It claims millions of vic ms
each year."
2. “There are people in the world, so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except
in the form of bread.”

Corrup on
 As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in remaking the world but
in remaking ourselves - Mahatma Gandhi
Confucius - Righteousness is the founda on stone of peace and good governance.
Buddha - Dharma is the founda on stone of good governance
The worst disease in the world today is corrup on. And there is a cure: transparency
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him
power.

Caste
The caste system is opposed to the religion of the Vedanta. Caste is a social custom,
and all our great preachers have tried to break it down. —Swami Vivekananda
Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers. B. R. Ambedkar

Conclusion Phrases
Gandhiji’s Talisman

1. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhina (May all be Happy)

2. Sarve Santu Niramaya (May all be without disease)
3. Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu (May all have well-being)
4. Maa Kaschit Dukh Bhagh Bhavet (May none have misery of any sort)//

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Whole world is one family)

1. (Asato ma Sadgamaya) From unrighteousness to righteousness

2. (Tamaso ma jyo rgamaya) From darkness to light
3. (Mrityorma Amritgamaya) From mortality towards immortality

Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava – [Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Vivekananda]

1. All religions are equal. - first used by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 in Harijan
2. Seva Parmo Dharma
3. Service, in our Indian ethos, is the ul mate duty
4. Satyamev Jayate
5. Ahimsa Parmo Dharma
 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

1. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
2. Poverty is the worst form of violence.
3. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.”
4. “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
5. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win”
6. “Sa sfac on lies in the effort, not in the a ainment. Full effort is full victory.”
7. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.”
8. “The good man is the friend of all living things.”
9. “Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a
true democra c spirit.”
10. “The greatness of a na on can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
11. “Violent means will give violent freedom.”
12. “There is higher courts than courts of jus ce and that is conscience.”
13. “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonesty.”
14. “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
15. The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice
to solve most of the world’s problems.

Free Speech
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to
say it. – Voltaire

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domes c walls

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where reless striving stretches its arms towards perfec on
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and ac on
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake