If one is attached and if he is honest, then at least he will try to associate with others who will help him to become free from those attachments. But if one is very proud and is not capable of looking within himself to see his own attachments, then, Jiva Gosvami explains, in his commentary in the Eleventh Canto of Bhagavatam, that such persons are useless for preaching.
Taking Care of Devotees, Pg 96, 2nd Paragraph