You may have outstanding physical beauty. You may have the
sparkle of robust youth. You may be from a high and noble lineage.
You may be a famed scholar. However, if you lack the virtues
that only spiritual discipline can ensure, you will be reckoned only
as a beautiful flower with no fragrance. You must live in
accordance with the prescriptions from the Scriptures and perform
actions with the attitude that is needed to preserve the status you
have gained as the highest soul amongst animals and living beings.
-Divine Discourse,
Vidya Vahini.