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In the presence of an illumined man, we have the chance to become different for a while, to reflect some of his light into ourselves. But the reflected light, being borrowed, will fade away. We cannot find exemption from the labours necessary to generate our own merely because we have found association with someone whose own labours are finished.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6 : Student-Teacher > # 703