In every given moment of our existence as rational beings, our will is gravitating toward, and inevitably terminating on, the greatest apparent good we think to be attainable at that moment.
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“All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves.” Blaise Pascal
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