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We Are Free When We Are Not The Slave Of Our Impulses, But Rather Their Master. Taking Inward Distance, We Thus Become The Authors Of Our Own Dramas Rather Than Characters In Them.

The Self Is Too Small An Object For Perpetual Enthusiasm.

Every Society And Religion Has Rules, For Both Have Moral Laws. And The Essence Of Morality Consists, As In Art, Of Drawing The Line Somewhere.

The Heart Of Religion Is Not Altered States But Altered Traits Of Character. For Me, Then, The Test Of A Substance's Religious Worth Or Validity Is Not What Kind Of Far-out Experience It Can Produce, But Is The Life Improved By Its Use? That's The Test. Now, On That Score, If You Remove The "religious Cocoon," The Experiences Don't Seem To Have Much In The Way Of Discernible, Traceable Effects.

Swallow Your Pride And Admit That We All Need Help At Times.