Since our previous discussion dealt with the duty to devote one's acts wholeheartedly to G-d alone, and arrogance in the acts devoted to G-d was found to seize the person more swiftly than any other potential damager, and that its damage to these acts is exceedingly great, I deemed pressing to follow the discussion with that which will distance arrogance from man, namely, submission.
בְּבֵאוּר אָפְנֵי חִיּוּב כְּנִיעָתֵנוּ לֵאלֹהִים יִתְבָּרַךְ. וְזֶה פֶּתַח הַשַּׁעַר:
אָמַר הַמְחַבֵּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁקָּדַם מַאֲמָרֵנוּ לְיַחֵד הַמַּעֲשִׂים לֵאלֹהִים לְבַדּוֹ וְהָיְתָה הַגַּאֲוָה בַּמַּעֲשִׂים הַמְיֻחָדִים לֵאלֹהִים מַשֶּׂגֶת אֶת בַּעֲלֵיהֶם יוֹתֵר מְהֵרָה מִכָּל הַפְּגָעִים הַמַּשִּׂיגִים אוֹתָם וְהָיָה הֶפְסֵדָהּ לַמַּעֲשִׂים הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד רָאִיתִי כִּי הַנָּחוּץ שֶׁבַּדְּבָרִים שֶׁאֲנִי צָרִיךְ לָהֶם הוּא לִסְמֹךְ לוֹ מָה שֶׁיַּרְחִיקֶנָּה מִן הָאָדָם וְהִיא הַכְּנִיעָה,
Since our previous discussion dealt with the duty to devote one's acts wholeheartedly to G-d alone, and arrogance in the acts devoted to G-d was found to seize the person more swiftly than any other potential damager, and that its damage to these acts is exceedingly great, I deemed pressing to follow the discussion with that which will distance arrogance from man, namely, submission.