Therefore it is not the principle, it is making use of the principle which is the main thing.

• When we tell a composer, "The music you have composed is wonderful," and he answers, "It certainly is," it is as if his whole composition has become out of tune; in such a case he would have harmonized his music by having humility.
• But when a person is urged very strongly by his friends to come and have a drink in a cafe, which may be all right for his friends, but not for him, if his pride at that time helped him and he said, "I am sorry, I cannot come," that would be much better than humility or showing courtesy to them by saying, "I will come."