Studying abroad should not be seen as a supreme goal. The goal is not studying but acquiring knowledge. And…

Studying abroad should not be seen as a supreme goal. The goal is not studying but acquiring knowledge. And not acquiring knowledge, but which knowledge to acquire — that is what matters most.

The heart leaping at the thought that some rich country will educate me for free on a grant is a sign of an inner emotional and intellectual emptiness.

A sign of being unformed.

Saying “I will find happiness in a foreign land” is proof that you are a stranger to yourself.

We are not saying, do not study abroad; what is wrong is to say that studying abroad opens the door to every goal and that through it I will reach all my aims and desires.

Studying abroad must be the product of a vital necessity.

You are living, producing something, but you lack a certain skill. If that skill and knowledge are not to be found anywhere in Uzbekistan, then go, learn it somewhere, quickly come back and put it into practice. That’s it, problem solved.

If you are simply rushing about, all in a flutter, saying that studying abroad is happiness, or that studying abroad is status, then in choosing your goal and your path in life you are simply spineless.

Nor should we keep sending young people abroad to study and showing off the glitter of foreign lands to them.

That is, every young man and woman must gain firm and steady notions about their own land, homeland and people and about their purpose in life.

If only you could discover the world in your own heart.

But these words do not please people who love every foreign country except their own land, who are subservient in heart and mind to foreign and arrogant peoples rather than to their own homeland; indeed, the whims of the nafs keep one from acknowledging the truth.