Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.

His best known works are The Principal UpanishadsAn Idealist View of Life, and other works on philosophy of Hinduism and religion.

In this quote, Radhakrishnan is saying that when one becomes ignorant than the person halts their learning. According to Radhakrishnan, one must humble themselves, and in that humility one can acquire knowledge.