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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences."
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"One should not be obstinate even in worldly interaction. If you are obstinate with a 'collector', what will he do? He will throw you in jail. So then what will happen if you are obstinate with God? God won't put you in jail, but his happiness upon you will break (will go away)."
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"We may regard certain days as free days. Free days are however fee days. We will pay later."
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"Consequences are not the spoiler that kills my dreams. Rather, they are the lessons that enhance my dreaming."
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"No matter how strong you are, you don't just fight any fight at all! When you fight a wrong fight, you die a wrong death!"
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"We work hard to believe that our actions really don't affect others all that much because we want the license to act without thinking all that much."
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"A consequence may be the very thing that saves us because it was the only thing loud enough to get our attention."
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"Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand. And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences."
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"Every shortcut has a price usually greater than the reward."
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"However, in many instances we might be very wise to ask what the consequence of removing the consequence might actually be."
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"If you step on a serpent, it will reply you with its fangs."
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