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When confronted by difficult decisions, one must be especially careful to take into consideration the future effects of his choice. A decision based on sentiment, or on other emotional reactions, unchecked by reason, cannot solve any problem--as the student has, undoubtedly, already learned. It is necessary to examine past experience--one's own, and that of others--in order to discover and profit from the lessons there presented. Failure to do so leads to painful repetition of avoidable suffering. This is particularly true of personal relationships.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 1 : Uplift Character > # 352