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It does not ask him to make harsh sacrifices but it does ask him to make reasonable ones. If they seem harsh to him that is only because he has been kept until then in a state of so-called normality by the powerful suggestions of organized society. This normality is merely the pooling of common ignorance and the sharing of common weakness.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3 : Independent Path > # 209