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I have written at times that life was meant to be lived, that philosophy was not a hide-out for vague, shiftless dreamers or an escape for the timid into futility. But some who applauded the words of my protest narrowed their significance. I did not anywhere say that the implied action referred solely to physical living. For the life of man must include adequate attention to his inner mental, emotional, and intuitive self or it will remain incomplete.

-- Notebooks Category 2: Overview of Practices Involved > Chapter 4 : Practise Mental Discipline > # 39