Aphorism 19

<p>19. &nbsp;Man on the personal plane always acts and chooses strictly in accordance with the nature of his personal character. &nbsp;His &nbsp;personal character is determined by the nature of his psychical organism resulting from heredity, environment, and experience, and consists of a collection of mental states the motive principle in which is Desire (including Fear, which is but a form of Desire). &nbsp;The personal man, like the lower forms of life, always acts and chooses: according to the sum or average of his desires and fears, the strongest motives always dominating and determining the choice and action.

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