When one labors alone continually, he is apt to think that his way is above criticism, and he feels no particular desire to have anyone labor with him. But it is Christ’s plan that someone should stand right by his side, so that the work shall not be molded entirely by one man’s mind, and so that his defects of character shall not be regarded as virtues by himself or by those who hear him. {Ev 73.2}

Når én arbejder alene hele tiden, har han tilbøjelighed til at tro at hans måde er hævet for kritik, og han nærer intet særligt ønske om at få nogen til at arbejde sammen med ham. Men det er Kristi plan at nogle skal stå rigtigt ved hans side, så at arbejdet ikke formes helt af et menneskes tankegang, og så han og hans tilhører ikke betragter hans karaktermangler for at være dyder.