Robert Louis Stevenson spent the last day of his life working on his latest novel in his mountainside home in Samoa. That evening he poured wine for his wife Fanny and himself, and was mixing mayonnaise for a salad when he suddenly said,
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“Second Principle of Biocentrism: Our external and internal perceptions are inextricably intertwined. They are different sides of the same coin and cannot be separated.”
― Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
― Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
“For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand.”
― The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
― The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane
“When the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, on January 1, 1863, Abbott wrote from the front to his aunt to explain that “[t]he president’s proclamation is of course received with universal disgust, particularly the part which enjoins officers to see that it is carried out. You may be sure that we shan’t see to any thing of the kind, having decidedly too much reverence for the constitution.”
― The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
― The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
“First Principle of Biocentrism: What we perceive as reality is a process that involves our consciousness.”
― Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
― Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
“Before matter can peep forth—as a pebble, a snowflake, or even a subatomic particle—it has to be observed by a living creature.”
― Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
― Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
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