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The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And pe

The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. – Henry Miller

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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. – Henry Miller

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Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now… – Henry Miller

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Instead of asking How much damage will the work in question bring about? why not ask How much good? How much joy? – Henry Miller

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Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of modern life — its material plenitude, its sheer crowdedness — conjoin to dull our sensory faculties. – Susan Sontag

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The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity. – Thomas Love Peacock

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Riches are for spending. – Francis Bacon

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To go too far is as bad as to fall short. – Confucius

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If you dont have integrity, you have nothing. You cant buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing. – Henry Kravis

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