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“What is the source of all this trouble? I'm saying…” quote by David Bohm — Download Open image

“What is the source of all this trouble? I'm saying that the source is basically in thought. Many people would think that such a statement is crazy, because thought is the one thing we have with which to solve our problems. That's part of our tradition.”

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