Lahiri Mahasaya (1828–1895) Indian yogi and guru
Source: Autobiography of a Yogi (1946), Ch. 34 : Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas
“Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.”
As quoted in The Book of Unusual Quotations (1957) by Rudolf Franz Flesch, p. 122.
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