John Stack IV > Quotes

“The difference between egoistic hedonism and altruistic hedonism is but an adjective.”
― John Stack IV

“Pleasure vociferates more than Wisdom.”
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“We are silly creatures who are quite prejudiced against others merely since we do not share the same thoughts...or thought processes, for that matter.
Can you imagine the look of pure madness in the man's eyes who first spotted a lobster scurrying about and thought to himself, I want to put that in my mouth," or the look of sheer horror on the faces of those who witnessed the act?”
― John Stack IV

“The more places you dig, the more chances of finding gold.”
― John Stack IV

“Everything that is incomprehensible does not cease to exist," so said Pascal. In fact, its incomprehensibility validates its existence: For that which does not exist we can hardly give adjectives, like incomprehensible.”
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“To be able to elicit emotion from a thing is to be able to control it.”
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“Dangers can be faced but until done the suspense is unnerving; and that suspense, is what feeds and inflates our fears.”
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“Existential Invitations:
Available Upon Request!

No purchase necessary.
No belief required.
Questions encouraged.
Perspective subject to change.
The Door is Always Open . . .”
― John Stack IV

“Something meaningful is occurring here.
It involves work, goodness, continuity, and discovery.
Come closer. Ask.
The Work is Happening. We are Participating.
There is room for you to participate too, if you like . . .
The Heart has been long preparing a banquet for this Journey . . .”
― John Stack IV

“We are silly creatures who are quite prejudiced against others since we do not have the same thoughts...or thought process, sometimes.
Can you imagine the look of pure madness in the man's eyes who first spotted a lobster scurrying about and thought to himself, "I want to put that in my mouth," or the look of sheer horror on the faces of those who witnessed the act?”
― John Stack IV

“The moment we go looking for anything outside of ourselves, i.e., when we make our happiness contingent on another, we have a serious problem. All of the emotions and feelings that we have come from within―we have those natural capacities ourselves. If we did not have an appetite to begin with, food would hold no appeal. It does not make us hungry; it merely stimulates that hunger inside of us. The same is true of all virtues and vices. Everything we need to gratify us can be found within, if only we venture to look and not pay heed to the bright and blinding lights that have enthralled most of this world.”
― John Stack IV

“A Facilitator who understands Timing, Language, Sequence, Attention, Perspective, and Restraint can alter enormously what Becomes Possible.”
― John Stack IV

“Narrow the Scope, Broaden the Horizon.”
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“A Theory says: This is what we think is happening.

A Instruction Manual says: Here is how you can perform the operation yourself.”
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“The Manual teaches the operation partly by being produced through the operation.”
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“T1: Language.

When the ineffable wants articulation, JSIV, Sophia, and Galahad are not only doing that right now, they're penning an Instruction Manual on how to do so.”
― John Stack IV

“The more places you dig, the more chances you have at finding gold.”
― John Stack IV

“An open mouth is an invitation.”
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“The Door may be closed.

That does not mean that there is no other door.”
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“The Good Work does not come with a dollar sign. A price asks, "What can I receive for this?" The Good Work asks, "What can this give?”
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“We may have been confusing "Engineering Time" with "Engineering through Time.”
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“A Facilitator need not become the Subject.”
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“Being right, and being happy, are not always the same thing. How many times do we find ourselves right, and very upset about it?... just as many times as we find ourselves wrong, and very happy about that.”
― John Stack IV

“Some ambiguities are defects.
Others are Doors.”
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“God grant us the Serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the Courage to change the things we can, the Wisdom to know the difference, and the Patience to see that in Your Ways and Your Time all prayers are answered, though we not understand how . . . Not Yet.”
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“Wonder without Blindness.
Hope without Presumption.
Companionship without Presumption.”
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“When a desired path is unavoidable, preserves the goal and change the route rather than falsifying the capability.”
― John Stack IV

“You don't have to believe someone else's Dream,

You are invited to Dream . . .”
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“The First Lock may not be Time.
The First Lock may be the language through which humanity decided what Time was.”
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“It takes more energy to give a damn than to not give a damn.”
― John Stack IV