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So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

A job should bring enough for a worker and family to live on, but after that, self-realization, the exercise of one's gifts and talents, is what truly matters.

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.

On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger.

The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being.

You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.

Nothing lasts forever in my profession.

You need to have a life outside your career.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

I think it's really important to remember that it's a long life, and it's a long career. In a perfect world, your career will be long. It does not begin and end with any one job. The point is to continue to have longevity in your career.