A good-natured person should never feel proud and boast that he knows the truth and that he knows all. It is a sign of culture that one tries to put into practice the few good things he has learnt and not merely to talk about them. (SSB 1974, p. 242)

To secure pearls, one has to go far out into the sea and dive; simply wading in the shallows and declaring that the pearl-story is a myth is a sign of foolishness. (SSS Vol.2, pp. 1-2)