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The general public didn’t really agree on the value of public libraries until the end of the nineteenth century. Before that, libraries were viewed as scholarly and elite, rather than an indispensable and democratic public resource. Many
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“All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed exactly as often as was necessary.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Ubuntu—I am because you are, you are because I am…. —A DEEP AFRICAN WAY OF BEING”
― The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
― The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
“in it. It means consciousness is lost in its own dream. You get taken in by every thought, every emotion,”
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Instead of trying to be a mountain, teaches the ancient Tao Te Ching, “Be the valley of the universe.”4 In this way, you are restored to wholeness and so “all things will come to you.”
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Capitalism’s real “gravediggers” may end up being its own delusional cardinals, who have turned ideology into faith. Despite their strategic brilliance, they seem to have trouble grasping a simple fact: Capitalism is destroying the planet. The two old tricks that dug it out of past crises—War and Shopping—simply will not work.”
― Capitalism: A Ghost Story
― Capitalism: A Ghost Story
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