The huge break-throughs that science has achieved in the last hundred years or so, together with the technology that this has spawned, have improved the material conditions of our lives, but only learning to love amicably with one another can bring us happiness. Education must include the education of the mind of man, of his impulses to hate, to hoard, to fight, to defame. It is the process by which man makes the best use of his own inner equipment, and learns to know himself. Sathya Sai Education is designed to build character. It is that which raises human beings to their highest level, and enables them to face the ups and downs of life in a balanced way.
Character is based on love, patience, courage, forbearance, steadfastness and compassion.
Character is power, and character is the result of steadfastly adhering to values. It is character that makes for a happy and successful life, and it is character that others appreciate in a person, and for which one is honoured after death. Those people whom the world holds in high esteem, are those who have exhibited good and noble qualities in their lives, and these qualities are based on the values they have held and to which they have adhered. They are called human values because they are actually inherent to every human being, but they tend to be overlaid by many negative traits that prevent them from being fully expressed. They are not acquired afresh.