It is illusory to believe that, by blindly handing or humbly submitting his character and credo, his standards and values, his spiritual purposes and practices, to any organized group or established church, to a teacher, guide, or guru, to form and formulate, a man can evade the responsibility of judging them for himself, accepting or rejecting by himself. It is required of every fully human being that he be individual, not a parasite, and that he be himself, not someone else.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 3: Independent Path > # 158