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The disciples exaggerate the master. They create a new deity. If later some among them inevitably discover that he has his minor faults and makes his little mistakes, there is almost an emotional collapse, a nervous shock. Why, with all his wonderful attainments, can they not accept him as a human being?

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6 : Student-Teacher > # 267