Imagine big to change the world, Prof Yunus asks students at PKU

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday urged students to always imagine big things with the aim of changing the world.

"A university or educational institution is not only a place to learn what happens but also to imagine," he said while addressing a function at Peking University (PKU) in Beijing this morning.

Noting that imagination is the greatest power on earth, Prof. Yunus said, "If you imagine, it will happen. If you do not imagine, it will never happen."

Asking the students to look back, he said things happen because somebody imagined them.

"Imagination is more powerful than anything we can bring together," he said.

Prof. Yunus encouraged them to imagine the most unusual and unheard-of things, even if doing such things seems impossible.

"But the human journey is about making the impossible possible. That is our job. And we can make it happen," Prof. Yunus said.

Prof. Yunus received an honorary doctorate degree from Peking University (PKU) at the function.

Chair of the Peking University Council, He Guangcai, and President Gong Qihuang also spoke on the occasion.