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Our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.


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The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.



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One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time.



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I would, quite often, like to be grownup, wise, and sophisticated. But these gifts are not mine.



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