Career and Education

MY ideas about education may seem somewhat radical. In my opinion, education, i.e., the knowledge acquired through education, should not be used for earning money. The means of livelihood must always be some form of producive manual labor, such as weaving, carpentry, tailoring etc. I consider the fact that doctors, lawyers, teachers etc. follow their respective professions with the purpose of earning money to be one of the main reasons of our downfall as a nation. But that is an ideal and we may not attain it fully in practice. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that the closer we keep to it the better it would be for us. There can be no room for a 'career' where the ideal is to use one's knowledge for the service of the country and treat earning of money as secondary.

— Navajivan : June 1, 1924