కంచి పరమాచార్య సూక్తి

Already we have the diseases like desire, anger etc. We have got these diseases because we were carrying loads (of sins) in earlier birth. Every wrong action of ours gets collected together as load. This load of a body has come as a result of previous wrongs. The impressions of those wrongs are there in this body and that is why desire, anger etc. It is only to get rid of these wrongs we go to the school when we are young. The disease of ignorance is cured by the medicine of learning. Along with that, our bad qualities (gunas) also must go. For this learning alone is not enough. Humility is essential. If we are humble the bad qualities will get away. If we show devotion to parents, teacher and God and pay attention to studies, knowledge will grow and along with it good qualities.

- Kanchi Paramacharya