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When it is hard to form a correct judgement by oneself, the wisdom of consulting another person becomes obvious. But if one consults the wrong person, one gets wrong advice. His conviction that he knows what is right does not make it necessarily so. One is unable to escape from the need of judging the other's advice. So in the end one has to practise some degree of self-reliance.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3 : Independent Path > # 261