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Those who live in a private realm of far-fetched phantasies which are caricatures of the real facts, as well as those who betray all the signs of neuroticism, hysteria, or psychopathy, often talk overmuch about the quest but do not seem able to apply its most elementary injunctions. To encourage them to follow it is only still further to build up their ridiculous egoism and bolster their fool's paradise. For them the quest is unachievable until they become different persons.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 142