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Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship. Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. Chance seldom interferes with the wise man; his greatest and highest interests have been, are, and will be, directed by reason throughout his whole life.

Of our desires some are natural and necessary, others are natural but not necessary; and others are neither natural nor necessary, but are due to groundless opinion. Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul. Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container.

Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy. No pleasure is itself a bad thing, but the things that produce some kinds of pleasure, bring along with them unpleasantness that is much greater than the pleasure itself.

Graphei, , p. If he wants to and cannot , then he is weak and this does not apply to god. If he neither wants to nor can , he is both weak and spiteful , and so not a god. If he wants to and can , which is the only thing fitting for a god, where then do bad things come from? Or why does he not eliminate them? This quote appeared in "On the proofs of the existence of God: a lecture and answer questions" by professor Kryvelev I.

And N. Then whence cometh evil? Then why call him God? Published 31 January From Terry Klumpp, Melbourne, Australia Elizabeth Belben observes that many people have committed atrocities regardless of whether they believe in God, and that this doesn't disprove God's existence Letters, 6 January.