Education softens the heart. If the heart is hard, one cannot claim to be educated.
When the Giver of Grace is here, you run after persons who claim that they got this or the other article from Me or were blessed with this gift from Me.
No bird casts the seed on land to grow food for itself, nor do beasts plough and enclose fields claiming - this is mine, this is for my children and children's children -.
If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.
We should not aspire for acclaim and praise from those around us, but do service only to secure the Grace of God and not for any other reward from any one.