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A proud person can’t LAST. Pride generates destructive thoughts, words and actions, erecting huge barriers in our relationships. It’s a corrosive disease which makes people insensitive, arrogant and practically impossible to joyfully get along with. Pride prevents us from deeply connecting with spiritual company, without which there is no question of spiritual progression. If we can’t appreciate the people around us, we’ll lose them. Time and time again we observe how proud people, sooner or later, lose their enthusiasm to continue.
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S.B. Keshava Swami (Tattva 2: Old Words Open New Worlds)