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"As Charles Lamb says there is nothing so nice as doing good by stealth and being found out by accident so I now say it is even nicer to make heroic decisions and to be prevented by 'circumstances beyond your control' from ever trying to execute them."

"It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future. Often the pleasure is illusory, but their error in calculation is no refutation of the rule. You are puzzled because you cannot get over the idea that pleasures are only of the sense; but, child, a man who dies for his country dies because he likes it as surely as a man eats pickled cabbage because he likes it."

"There's no need to blame fate or destiny for a stupid decision."

"There were always choices. I'd made a string of bad ones myself. At least I could admit that."

"We each possess the capacity for self-development. We also possess the capacity for self-destruction. The path that we chose to take " to pursue lightness or darkness " is the story that we take to our graves."

"We live by choice and by necessity. We choose the mechanisms that are essential to ensure satisfaction of our baseline survival. What labor we willingly endure in order to meet our minimalistic subsistence requirements and what activities we elect to pursue in order to mollify our desire for living joyfully and attain self-realization defines our essential self's core personality."

"I don't make people smoke pot or meth, snort coke, put pills or tabs in their mouths or shoot themselves up with heroin. I just transport the stuff."
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"Life is a Treasure Hunt and we all have the key to it. Unfortunately, many of us don't unlock it, but take the key to our grave."

"What are you seeking? Spiritual Health or Monetary Wealth? While the latter will dissolve, the former will make you evolve!"

"Happiness is a shadow. If you chase it, it moves further away. But if you turn to make others happy, it will follow you. Make others Happy and be Happy."

"We all have the Wisdom to understand that sooner or later Life will end, but we don't have the Willpower to Live before we die."

"Life is your biggest Treasure. Enjoy it. If you forget to, it will soon be gone, never to return."

"Although, we know that our earthly journey will end soon, we continue chasing millions which we finally have to leave behind."

"Let us not become so busy making a living that we forget to enjoy our Life. Every day of Life is meant to be Lived and Enjoyed."

"Anybody can Earn and Die, leaving a will and legacy. Only the courageous ones can give away all they have while they are Alive."
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