“One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride.”

—  Ramakrishna

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 874
Context: One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.

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