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> [For thousands of years it has been understood that, just as civilizations have to come to an end, there can even be times of global extinctions. But always there are people who know how to gather the essence of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kingsley/for-thousands-of-years-it-has-been-understood-that-just-as/)

Peter Kingsley

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## Other authors on Extinctions

## More by Peter Kingsley

> [If we really face our sadness, we find it speaks with the voice of our deepest longing. And if we face it a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kingsley/if-we-really-face-our-sadness-we-find-it-speaks-with-the-voice-of-our/)

Peter Kingsley

> [Learning about ourselves is rather inconvenient because it turns the world we live in upside down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kingsley/learning-about-ourselves-is-rather-inconvenient-because-it-turns-the/)

Peter Kingsley

> [For thousands of years it has been understood that, just as civilizations have to come to an end, there can even be times of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kingsley/for-thousands-of-years-it-has-been-understood-that-just-as/)

Peter Kingsley

> [“Rationality is simply mysticism misunderstood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kingsley/rationality-is-simply-mysticism-misunderstood/)

Peter Kingsley

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