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The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way
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One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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I seemed to have nothing left to live for.
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At this my heart sank within me: the whole foundation on which my life was constructed fell down.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end.
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The end had ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means?