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Creeps Quote by Alan Watts

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“You find out that the universe is a system that creeps up on itself and says 'Boo' and then laughs at itself for jumping.”

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Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

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As God's followers, we must be ever watchful not to allow diluted teachings or secular philosophies to creep into our doctrine.

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A myriad of men are born; they labor and sweat and struggle; ...they squabble and scold and fight; they scramble for little mean advantages…

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