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Choosing a partner mainly for sex, without having much of a personal relationship, is like playing tiddly-winks instead of chess — because friendship is what provides any relationship with its complexity, substance, subtlety, sustainability and enjoyment.
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An unbroken series of short-term successes can still amount to a long-term failure.
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Sex is a poor substitute for love, but it’s not a bad substitute for tennis.
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Civilization is clearly not crucial to human life, as we have mostly been living without it for over a million years now – a few of us even happily at times.
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It is the despair of multitudes that our personal emotions are not subject to our own direct, willful manipulation. Instead, our emotions stubbornly remain at all times just automatic mental reactions to our perceptions. But therein lies the key to success. The quality, quantity and continuity of the emotions we continuously experience can definitely be influenced immensely by shifting those perceptions, and thus our choice of desires, through understanding the universal pursuit of happiness better.
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Substance is satisfying.
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Discipline: not being deterred by a relatively superficial pain while in pursuit of a relatively profound pleasure.
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Spiritual leaders who require obedience as a prerequisite to granting any religious reward reveal that they fundamentally misunderstand the true source of happiness.
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Living life well means knowing you can live without it.
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Do anything well long enough and you are bound to have irritated a majority.
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Social Ethics: how to have fun without hurting yourself or others.
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Trying hard to become perfect is one of the most effective ways to discover that perfection is an illusion.
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Personal Ethics: how to have fun without hurting yourself.
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Choosing a partner mainly for sex, without having much of a personal relationship, is like playing tiddly-winks instead of chess — because friendship is what provides any relationship with its complexity, substance, subtlety, sustainability and enjoyment.
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An unbroken series of short-term successes can still amount to a long-term failure.
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Sex is a poor substitute for love, but it’s not a bad substitute for tennis.
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Civilization is clearly not crucial to human life, as we have mostly been living without it for over a million years now – a few of us even happily at times.
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It is the despair of multitudes that our personal emotions are not subject to our own direct, willful manipulation. Instead, our emotions stubbornly remain at all times just automatic mental reactions to our perceptions. But therein lies the key to success. The quality, quantity and continuity of the emotions we continuously experience can definitely be influenced immensely by shifting those perceptions, and thus our choice of desires, through understanding the universal pursuit of happiness better.
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Substance is satisfying.
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Discipline: not being deterred by a relatively superficial pain while in pursuit of a relatively profound pleasure.
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Spiritual leaders who require obedience as a prerequisite to granting any religious reward reveal that they fundamentally misunderstand the true source of happiness.
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Living life well means knowing you can live without it.
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Do anything well long enough and you are bound to have irritated a majority.
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Social Ethics: how to have fun without hurting yourself or others.
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Trying hard to become perfect is one of the most effective ways to discover that perfection is an illusion.
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Personal Ethics: how to have fun without hurting yourself.
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Choosing a partner mainly for sex, without having much of a personal relationship, is like playing tiddly-winks instead of chess — because friendship is what provides any relationship with its complexity, substance, subtlety, sustainability and enjoyment.
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An unbroken series of short-term successes can still amount to a long-term failure.
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Sex is a poor substitute for love, but it’s not a bad substitute for tennis.
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Civilization is clearly not crucial to human life, as we have mostly been living without it for over a million years now – a few of us even happily at times.
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It is the despair of multitudes that our personal emotions are not subject to our own direct, willful manipulation. Instead, our emotions stubbornly remain at all times just automatic mental reactions to our perceptions. But therein lies the key to success. The quality, quantity and continuity of the emotions we continuously experience can definitely be influenced immensely by shifting those perceptions, and thus our choice of desires, through understanding the universal pursuit of happiness better.
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Substance is satisfying.
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Discipline: not being deterred by a relatively superficial pain while in pursuit of a relatively profound pleasure.
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Spiritual leaders who require obedience as a prerequisite to granting any religious reward reveal that they fundamentally misunderstand the true source of happiness.
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Living life well means knowing you can live without it.
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Do anything well long enough and you are bound to have irritated a majority.
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Social Ethics: how to have fun without hurting yourself or others.
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Trying hard to become perfect is one of the most effective ways to discover that perfection is an illusion.
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Personal Ethics: how to have fun without hurting yourself.
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