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If the hermit is busy with quietening his thoughts, penetrating his consciousness, deepening his attention and uplifting his emotion, his unsocial behaviour is quite justified. He knows now that he must fulfill his duty to himself and that it takes time and strength. If he leaves other persons alone, does not intrude into their lives, it is because he is trying to make his own life so much more valuable, and this in the end will make him so much more valuable to society. Thus, not only is his own patience called for, but also the patience of society, to bear with his solitary ways.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 5 : Solitude > # 142