People who rely most on God rely least on themselves.

The aphorism contrasts two kinds of dependence: trust in divine providence versus confidence in one’s own powers. It suggests an inverse relationship—greater reliance on God entails a deliberate surrender of self-sufficiency, pride, and the illusion of control. Read charitably, it is not necessarily an attack on human effort, but a warning against making the self the ultimate foundation for security or moral direction. In a religious frame, the line commends humility and faith: the more one acknowledges human limits, the more one entrusts outcomes, guidance, and strength to God rather than to personal will or competence.