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"I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness."
"Wholeheartedly do what it takes to awaken your clear-seeing intelligence, but one day at a time, one moment at a time. If we live that way, we will benefit this earth."
"I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts at the will of men whose imbecility was evident to all but themselves"
"If you believe that something is good, and you do it, it benefits you. If you believe that something is bad, and you do it, it is a very detrimental experience."
"I've always felt that technology can be used to our benefit and should be used to our benefit."
"The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them."
"Consequently, heretics and schismatics, separated from the unity of this Body, are able to receive the same Sacrament, but with no benefit to themselves; indeed, more to their own harm, in that they are judged the more severely rather than being liberated."
"There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is the Great Misconception."
"Obviously, I have certain policy positions that I push and advocate for that would benefit people dealing in a system that breeds inequality and makes life more difficult for people."
"The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive the benefit of our hard work, not so we can enjoy the success"
"Loyalty is that for the lack of which your gang will shoot you without benefit of trial by jury."
"All the work you do, is done for your own salvation, is done for your own benefit."
"Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many."
"By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind."
"Nature insists on whatever benefits the whole."
"The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment."
"The free market is 'socialism' for the rich: the public pays the costs and the rich get the benefit - markets for the poor and plenty of state protection for the rich."
"The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude."
"Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin."
"The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918."
