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Those who can only advance by hanging on to a teacher make only a pseudo-advance and one day their house of cards will come tumbling about their ears. But it is equally true that those who can only progress by dispensing with a teacher, progress farther into the morass of ignorance. He alone who can take a teacher's guidance in a free spirit; who comprehends that while the teacher points out a path, it is for him to strive, toil, and adventure forth; such a man will derive much from his discipleship.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3 : Independent Path > # 251