618. NO!

Must one become stupid
  Before he becomes a man of knowledge?
No!

Must one become a beggar
  Before he becomes the richest man on earth?
No!

Must one become a useless disciple
  Before he becomes a first-class disciple?
No!
  no!
      no!
Sri Chinmoy, Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, New York, 1975