“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
{Letter to celebrated scientist Alexander von Humboldt, 6 December, 1813}”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
{Letter to celebrated scientist Alexander von Humboldt, 6 December, 1813}”
― Letters of Thomas Jefferson
“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”
― Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
― Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
“I don’t want to know what time it is. I don’t want to know what day it is or where I am. None of that matters.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives; and they need to feel connected to others. These values are considered "intrinsic" to human happiness and far outweigh "extrinsic" values such as beauty, money and status.”
― Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
― Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
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