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“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.”
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“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
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Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
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