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It is the thought of attaining happiness in some way which induces men to commit most crimes, just as it is the thought of attaining truth which induces them to hold the most materialistic beliefs. Although they see both happiness and truth from a wrong angle and so are given this deceptive result, still the essential motivation of their lives is the same as that of the questers. The segregation in thought of a spiritual elite as being the only seekers is valid only for a practical view, not for an ultimate one.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 468