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The Highest good (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what you consult when you do not know what to do: whatever you choose must agree with the purpose of your whole life, and no one deliberates about the whole.

The Highest good (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like the person you search for while standing beside him: it is right in front of us, and we do not know that we know it.

The Highest good (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a region of its own, like ivory in India and iron among the Chalybes: it is the mind, and unless the mind is pure and sacred it cannot receive god.

The Highest good (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grown at home; the moment it seeks any part of itself outside, it becomes Fortune's plaything.

Highest good (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠homegrown; the moment it looks outside itself for any part of itself, it starts falling under fortune.