the awareness of our own existence or self-reflective consciousness also has the unpleasant side-effect: We know one day we will be annihilated. We have rather amusing and irrational ways to deal with this little problem. Aware of our own
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“I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsiblity on the West Coast.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“The law and the prophets are not doctrinal, philosophical and scientific codes, placed in the hands of priests for the government of the people; they are allegories, given to children that the older may teach the younger the simple love-stories the Father has written to excite and stimulate the love of His beloved ones.”
― The Gate of Heaven
― The Gate of Heaven
“The mind of the soul doesn’t seek perfection, it seeks harmony.”
― Judas of Kerioth
― Judas of Kerioth

“A gardener! Isn’t that the perfect description of what a real businessman is?”
― Being There
― Being There
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