So whoever has humbled himself, the path will be made smooth for him and arrogance will disgust him. Otherwise, only the path of loss will be revealed: “But the one who corrupts himself (in sins and suppresses virtue) is doomed indeed.” So the path of salvation is only in purifying the soul, and to be able to walk on the path of purification, one can only do so with humility and modesty, and not the opposite.