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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.

We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.

We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.

Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every comfort and privilege that is not incompatible with the continued existence of the relations between them.

I think there's many a slaveholder'll get to Heaven. They don't know better. They acts up to the light they have.

Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.