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The good which it concerns us to remember is the good which it lies in our power to create—the good in our own lives and in our attitude towards the world.
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“The good which it concerns us to remember is the good which it lies in our power to create—the good in our own lives and in our attitude towards the world.”

Bertrand Russell

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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
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1917
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Russell shifts attention from uncontrollable cosmic outcomes toward forms of goodness that can still be created through one’s conduct and stance toward life.

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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays, within Russell’s philosophical discussion of human value and the world. The line is preserved as ethical argument rather than converted into a promise that circumstances are controllable.

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Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst;
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“Time is what we want most, but what, alas! we use worst;”

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Penn argues that time is indispensable yet commonly spent carelessly, making attention to its use a central responsibility in the conduct of life.

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the true joy of existence comes from living to one's highest.
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“the true joy of existence comes from living to one's highest.”

Ralph Waldo Trine · What All The World's A-Seeking · 1896
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The sentence locates fulfillment in trying to live at one’s best level of character and capacity, making aspiration itself part of the purpose of life.

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What All The World’s A-Seeking, Part III, “The Unfoldment,” printed page 75 in the represented 1896 page-text witness, cross-checked against Project Gutenberg #14312. Trine says “the true joy of existence comes from living to one’s highest” immediately after urging the reader to “live to your highest.” It remains historical New Thought / conduct-of-life counsel rather than a claim that striving automatically removes hardship or produces happiness in every circumstance.

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