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Solitude is not a necessity of the meditative existence. A man may go his own way in the midst of a society inwardly detached, calm while outwardly busy and alert, weary of the witless talk that imposes upon their dementia a pomposity which provokes right and proper ridicule.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 5 : Solitude > # 121