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It is a common error, among the pious and even among the mystics, to believe that one path alone--theirs--is the best. This may be quite correct in the case of each person, but it may not necessarily be correct for others, and even then it is only correct for a period or at most a number of lifetimes. How often have men outgrown their former selves and taken to new paths? And how different are the intellectual moral and temperamental equipments of different persons? It is in practice, as in theory, not possible to tie everyone down to a single specific path and certainly not advisable.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 5 : Self-Development > # 199