(יח) בְּאֵ֣ין חָ֭זוֹן יִפָּ֣רַֽע עָ֑ם וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר תּוֹרָ֣ה אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ׃
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(18) For lack of vision a people lose restraint, But happy is he who heeds instruction.
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"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things."
-Robert Brault
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"יש בן חורין שרוחו רוח של עבד, ויש עבד שרוחו מלאה חירות; הנאמן לעצמיותו – בן חורין הוא, ומי שכל חייו הם רק במה שטוב ויפה בעיני אחרים – הוא עבד."
"There could be a freeman with the spirit of the slave, and there could be a slave with a spirit full of freedom; whoever is faithful to himself – he is a freeman, and whoever fills his life only with what is good and beautiful in the eyes of others – he is a slave."
-Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
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"May God save me from fragmentation of the soul."
-Rabbeinu Bachya (Baheya ben Asher ibn Halawa), Chovot HaLevavot 1040
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Affluenza: a psychological malaise supposedly affecting young wealthy people, symptoms of which include a lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation (wikipedia.org)
Studies by Columbia University Psychologist Suniya S. Luthar
The Culture of Affluence: Psychological Costs of Material Wealth
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