--- title: "1 Oceanic Wisdom Quotes By David Zindell" description: "1 Oceanic Wisdom quotes by David Zindell. Plus more from David Zindell and more Oceanic Wisdom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/david-zindell-19617_books_from-my-readings-i-had-learned-of-a-vast_1393270.jpg" --- > [“From my readings, I had learned of a vast pool of human knowledge that both included books and went far beyond them in content and reach. The humans, of course, having only the faintest of intimations of quenging, use a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/from-my-readings-i-had-learned-of-a-vast-pool-of-human-knowledge-that/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adf/david-zindell-19617_books_from-my-readings-i-had-learned-of-a-vast_1393270.jpg) ## More by David Zindell > [“The deep structure of the universe is pure consciousness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/the-deep-structure-of-the-universe-is-pure-consciousness/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [“Historically, holism had been a break from the reductionist methods of science. Holism (...) is a way of viewing the universe as a web…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/historically-holism-had-been-a-break-from-the-reductionist-methods-of/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [We are the eyes through which the Univers observes itself and knows itself divine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/we-are-the-eyes-through-which-the-univers-observes-itself-and-knows/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [For it is only in accepting death that one can truly live, and for the human animal, death has always been the great black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/for-it-is-only-in-accepting-death-that-one-can-truly-live-and-for-the/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [ If you kill me, you kill yourself." \[...\] He only wanted to convey to Janegg the truth of ahimsa, which is that all beings… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/if-you-kill-me-you-kill-yourself-he-only-wanted-to-convey-to-janegg/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [We walk the brink of racial suicide because we were smart enough to make atomic bombs and stupid enough to use them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/we-walk-the-brink-of-racial-suicide-because-we-were-smart-enough-to/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [A man lusts to become a god…and there is murder. Murder upon murder upon murder. Why is the world of men nothing but murder?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/a-man-lusts-to-become-a-god-and-there-is-murder-murder-upon-murder/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [Who would bring light must endure burning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/who-would-bring-light-must-endure-burning/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [“The number two, he thought, was an ominous number. Two is a reflection or duplication of one, the most perfect of the natural numbers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/the-number-two-he-thought-was-an-ominous-number-two-is-a-reflection/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [ “Reality \[...\] at every level from photons to philosophical fancies to the consciousness of living organisms was fluid \[...\]. To break apart and confine… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/reality-at-every-level-from-photons-to-philosophical-fancies-to-the/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [“So many synapses,' Drisana said. 'Ten trillion synapses in the cortex alone.' Danlo made a fist and asked, 'What do the synapses look like?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/so-many-synapses-drisana-said-ten-trillion-synapses-in-the-cortex/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [“Science,’ he informed me, ‘might not yet have all the answers, but it is the only verifiable—and hence meaningful—way of asking the right questions.’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/science-he-informed-me-might-not-yet-have-all-the-answers-but-it-is/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [But it is the nature of life that no emotion is meant to last forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/but-it-is-the-nature-of-life-that-no-emotion-is-meant-to-last-forever/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [ It's not enough to look for the truth, however a noble journey that might be. \[...\] You must be able to say "yes" to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/it-s-not-enough-to-look-for-the-truth-however-a-noble-journey-that/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) > [What is a human being, then?' A seed' A... seed?' An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-zindell/what-is-a-human-being-then-a-seed-a-seed-an-acorn-that-is-unafraid-to/) [David Zindell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-zindell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oceanic-wisdom/david-zindell/#itemlist", "name": "1 Oceanic Wisdom Quotes By David Zindell", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“From my readings, I had learned of a vast pool of human knowledge that both included books and went far beyond them in content and reach. The humans, of course, having only the faintest of intimations of quenging, use a different though related metaphor for the noosphere in which they like to dip their feet. 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