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You see something like that and you wonder how many thousands, maybe millions, of phenomenal artists have died mute, down the centuries, people who could never have been poets or painters or saxophone players, but who had this stuff inside,
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“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
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“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
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Sean’s 2025 Year in Books
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