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No one can learn the art of thorough self-control by putting his will under someone else's control and his mind in a state of helplessness. Hypnotism, mesmerism, and suggestion may be useful as momentary helps or temporary palliatives but they do not solve the problem of attaining self-liberation. They may even be permanently useful when applied by a man to himself but he who most needs their help least possesses the willpower needful to apply them.

-- Notebooks Category 10: Healing of the Self > Chapter 4 : Healers of The Body and Mind > # 121