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His judgements turn out to be misjudgements, and his caution to be indecision. Often this may be so, alas! But this is the kind of wisdom which comes with failure or defeat; it embodies the hindsight which, too late to be of possible use except in the future, is the consequence after the event. How precious then would be the acquirement of two values to which the Quest may lead a man--calmness and intuition.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 5 : Self-Development > # 377