Knowledge=Creativity+Righteousness+Courage! APJ Abdul Kalam delighted students in this talk organised by Jamnabai Narsee School and Sujay Jairaj all the way back in 2009.
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00:00When I am in the midst of students, I would like to talk to the topic I have selected
00:08knowledge makes you great and knowledge is very known to you and when you go out of this
00:15campus you are going to carry the knowledge.
00:20So the subject I am going to discuss, interact with you, knowledge makes you great.
00:27How we can provide all these elements to the citizens of every nation on equitable basis
00:34for happiness for all.
00:36With these thoughts in my mind, I made up my mind what to say to the students, Greek
00:43students what to say and the youth of Greece what I am going to say.
00:49I slowly repeated line by line a hymn which I normally hear in Indian spiritual centers.
01:00The name is Righteousness.
01:01Will you repeat with me when I say, will you repeat, okay.
01:07You have taken tea, coffee before this, no?
01:11The hymn is about righteousness, where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty
01:28in the character, when there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home.
01:41When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation.
01:51When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world everywhere.
02:03Now, you just now, you recited what is righteousness, right?
02:14Knowledge equal to righteousness, plus?
02:17Creativity.
02:18Very good.
02:19Creativity.
02:20Now you are going to be with me for creativity, okay?
02:21You have to repeat with me.
02:22Or you are tired?
02:23No.
02:24You are tired, no?
02:25Your voice not coming.
02:26Learning.
02:27Learning.
02:28Learning.
02:29Learning.
02:30Learning.
02:33Gives?
02:34Creativity.
02:35Creativity.
02:36Creativity.
02:37Creativity.
02:38Leads to?
02:39Leads to?
02:40Thinking.
02:41Thinking.
02:42Thinking.
02:43Provides?
02:44Provides.
02:45Knowledge.
02:46Knowledge.
02:47Knowledge.
02:48Makes you?
02:49Makes you?
02:50What?
02:51Knowledge.
02:52Knowledge makes you what?
02:53you what? Partly, partly corrected. Knowledge, now you repeat with me. Knowledge makes you
03:06great. That is Mahatma. Now, knowledge equal to righteousness plus creativity plus? Courage.
03:21Very good. Now courage. You are going to repeat with me courage. Courage. Courage. Courage.
03:29To think different. Courage. To invent. Courage. To travel into an unexplored path. Courage.
03:47To discover the impossible. Courage. To combat the problems and succeed are the unique qualities of youth.
04:05As a youth of my nation, I will work and work with courage to achieve success in all the missions.
04:19Thank you. Very good. Disha Agarwal. Where are you, Disha? Disha, where are you? Disha, you are the one.
04:31Ask the question. Ask the question. Mic, mic, mic. Right mic.
04:36Even though the government has organized free schooling in many areas, why is majority of the Indian population
04:45living in villages, uneducated, which leads to backwardness? As young citizens, what can we do to eliminate this?
04:54My dream is to reach whatever I wish for, to reach the highest and fulfill all my dreams.
05:02Now imagine, Disha, imagine. There are 200 million children are there in your age. Okay? 200 million children in your age. Okay?
05:17Each child decides, go few kilometers away from Mumbai city with their teacher, teach 5 people, women, who cannot read and write.
05:33Imagine. 200 million children, each one will teach 5 people who cannot read and write. Okay?
05:45Then 1 billion people will get. Then there will be no illiteracy. It is possible. It is in your hand. Okay?
05:53Will you do it? Yes. Will you do it? Yes. Will you do it? Yes.
05:58Okay. Answer to your question. Now the government, a bill has come to parliament. That is compulsory education and free education.
06:08Compulsory and free education. So, up to age 14, I am sure this bill 2009 will get passed.
06:16So, then that also will accelerate our education, the literacy movement. Okay?
06:24But the message I can give is, if you love democracy, different views come. My teacher gave an advice.
06:32At no time you allow problem to become your captain. You become the captain of the problem, defeat the problem and succeed. Okay? That's the solution.
06:44Okay? So, wish you all the best. So, all of you, all of you repeat with me.
06:53Dream. Dream. Dream. Transform. Transform. Into. Into. Thoughts. Thoughts. Thoughts. Result. Result. Into. Into. Action. Action.