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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of discovery is…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic formula of…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether he is…
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It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in. What is…
— Colman McCarthy
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Many are so preoccupied with what others think it defines their existence. When we fixate externally, it keeps us from truly knowing…
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Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude.
— Saint John Chrysostom
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Spiritual growth-looking inward-is replacing the pursuit of external power-reaching outward to manipulate and control-as the cure for the insecurity at the core…
— Gary Zukav
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To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward.
— Michelle Cruz
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No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole,…
— Arthur Koestler
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I think the human race doesn't have a future if we don't go into space. We need to expand our horizons beyond…
— Stephen Hawking
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We do the best we can," she said softly, looking inward. "And punish ourselves for it. I've tried to make my choices…
— Tami Hoag
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We have been to the moon, we have charted the depths of the ocean and the heart of the atom, but we…
— Terence McKenna
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I want to find What I cannot see Can it really be Hidden inside of me I look into the mirror Only…
— Curly Girl
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