“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
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“My life is a rather grim one. One day I shall perhaps describe it to you in great detail.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces
― A Confederacy of Dunces
“It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder.”
― Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience
― Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience
“A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom
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