Whom to call a Real Saint?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question: If man’s nature is intelligence then why ignorance is so prevalent and there are very few intelligent people in the world. There have been very few Saints compared to the overall population of mankind. Why is it so?

Acharya Prashant: It cannot really be explained but what is certain is that if a…