Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

politeness and good manners are estimated as outmoded forms of behaviour;
grab and not give is the rule; intolerance is held in high esteem.
(...)
Man should redeem himself from this downfall; he should not sacrifice
his glory and his goal for the petty triumphs of the moment; if he does,
he would only make himself cheaper than clay. (...)
I am depending upon you, students, for a great transformation in outlook,
a great revolution. Students of the Sathya Sai College must lead
this movement. The older generation can only talk; it is you who must
act. You have to prove yourselves worthy of this college. 31.1.74, (23-
32/35)
In the tender hearts of the children, there is much potentiality of devotion
and attachment to higher ideals and objectives; this can be developed
and cultivated by you. Do not think that they do not know anything;
that you can divert them any way you wish; this is a mistake.
Recognise the great potentials of the child; adopt such methods as the
child himself might suggest or indicate. Help the child to reach Godliness
and become aware of its high destiny. Do not presume that the
child is some inferior personality incapable of attaining the heights.
10.7.74, (23-112)
Tell the children what they cannot learn by themselves, by observation,
namely, the sacred texts from the past. Tell them also stories from
the Bible, the Buddhist texts, the Zend-Avesta and the Koran. That a
horse has four legs is a fact which one need not teach the child; it can
discover it in a moment. What is not known to the children are the stories
and verses that embody our culture.
Do not be deterred by people who say that the information and inspiration
you give will be too much of a burden on the tender minds. It is
only grown-ups that find learning new facts burdensome; the tender
age is the best for this kind of instruction. Tell them the importance of
OM and its significance, as the basic sound of all creation. It is meaningful
symbolic sound; it is quite unlike the useless jargon which children
learn today, in the very first lesson at school. 6.1.75, (23-190/191)
Among the educated, you do not find signs of self-knowledge; nor do
you see another quality that we expect every human being to have,
namely, the quality of mercy, of sympathy or compassion. The “un-educated”
have this quality, more than the “educated”! Education seems
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