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He who is wise tries to harmonise the wishes that seek for self-gratification with the wish for the social good, and only thus can he realise his higher self.
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It is for our self to know that it must be born anew every moment of its life.
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For life is immortal youthfulness, and it hates age that tries to clog its movements--age that belongs not to life in truth, but follows it as the shadow follows the lamp.
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The more man acts and makes actual what was latent in him, the nearer does he bring the distant Yet-to-be.