It is better to seek the pain of heaven than the pleasure of hell.

Lailah Gifty Akita
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Seek the pain of heaven, rather than the pleasure of hell. In this quote from a Chinese legend, a man is being weighed against a feather. If he is heavier, he will be committed to hell. If he has less weight, he will be promoted to heaven.

In this story, the man who seeks to be in hell fails and goes to heaven. The man who seeks to be in heaven fails and goes to hell. The moral is that we should seek the pain of heaven rather than the pleasure of hell.

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