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Existence Quotes by Stephen Batchelor
- Evasion of the unadorned immediacy of life is as deep-seated as it is relentless. Even with the ardent desire to be aware and alert in…
- Exotic names, robes, insignia of office, titles - the trappings of religion - confuse as much as they help. They endorse the assumption of the…
- How extraordinary it is to be here at all. Awareness of death can jolt us awake to the sensuality of existence. Breath is no longer…
- What is it that makes a person insist passionately on the existence of metaphysical realities that can be neither demonstrated nor refuted? (176)
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