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Consciously or unwittingly, most of us are suggestible. We accept the thoughts which other persons want to put into our heads. And we do so to such an extent that we live vicariously: we do not really live our own lives. This is quite fitting and proper to the childhood and adolescent years, but how can it be worthy of the adult ones?

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3 : Independent Path > # 33