“The leaf-plate on which a full lunch has been served will lie low on the floor. The leaf-plate on which nothing is placed will hop high with every gust of wind.” Thus says the proverb. So too, the person who has much scholarship and many skills will lead an unassuming life. But one who has not derived genuine education and the strength it can confer lives in pomp and pride. That person struggles to hide defects from being known to others. And, in the end, the struggles don’t succeed. One meets with double ruin — one doesn’t experience spiritual bliss (ananda) and one doesn’t impart it to others. In the end, one becomes the target of ridicule. Therefore, don’t allow the desire for ostentation to enter the mind; don’t allow egotism to approach you. Be humble and be loyal to high ideals. Only then can you serve the cause of world peace and prosperity. (Vidya Vahini, Ch 15)