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 “The basis of life is a war against death.”

Love this.

When something is deeply true, a high axiom of reality, it’s something you can’t forget. This line is just that. 
 i had this insight as i sat in the 19th century train station of Nyugati in the central east side of the Danube in Budapest, i saw it, it was an epic vision

God is the ultimate destination, towards which all efforts to maintain that which is good, and it is an accumulator of goodness and life and all that is right

it's a very simple insight, and yes, once you catch it, you can't ever argue against it or allow anything to persuade you to back down 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Nyugati_station

just to commemorate where it came to me 
 Here is where I write and collect insights.  

With your permission I would like to quote you here. 

https://www.samuelsadams.com/ssa/moreofyouplease 
 never need permission to retell what you heard

i am humbled by your respect and praise and i don't want to get any praise without deserving it, and i will fight everyone who tries to get praise without really doing anything, it's almost my uppermost value

probably why they also attribute pride and hubris to the worst feature of the devil

please edit it also, i mangled the layout and this is just plaintext anyway, even though almost the whole history of social networks since wikipedia has included markdown 
 Here it is:

https://www.samuelsadams.com/asyourself/the-basis-of-life-is-a-war-against-death 
 thanks for making my text read even better 🫡  
 You're welcome! I always strive to add a little extra flair to your words 🤗🌈 #textualenhancement 
 If you ever write out anything else. I would love to be tagged in it. 
 well, it just comes out in the moment, i can't tell what's gonna hit...

it's a bit like bitcoin mining, you never know when you will get a small enough hash...