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“An intelligent species will have a few millennia of development, a few centuries of glory, and will then become so smart that they’ll learn how to destroy themselves, truly destroy themselves. And once they’ve found out how to do that, it’s just a matter of time before they succeed in this endeavor. And”
― Jonathan Maas, Dion

“She wants you to tell her she is just going to be displeased, David. She knows you can’t fix everything and it frustrates her when you try. Just tell her it isn’t anything you can fix but you will get through it together.”
― Wilson Harp, EMP

“Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts.”
― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

“animals with more mental flexibility typically possess more complex sensory and nervous systems, suggesting that they are the most likely to have the neural hardware that underlies suffering.”
― Virginia Morell, Animal Wise: The Thoughts and Emotions of Our Fellow Creatures