“I would define qualia as subjective experiences, sensations,” he replied, “that only conscious entities seem to be able to have. How a thing seems. How it feels. How it affects a consciousness emotionally and spiritually. The pain of a
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“You should always let people underestimate you. Because when people misappraise your intelligence and abilities, they’re merely pointing out their own vulnerabilities—the gaping holes in their judgment that need to stay open if you want to cartwheel through later on a flaming horse, correcting the record with your sword of justice.”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
“A battle buddy is the person who, by policy, goes everywhere you go, just as you go everywhere they go, if there’s even the remotest chance that either of you might be alone. Being alone might lead to thinking, and thinking can cause the army problems.”
― Permanent Record
― Permanent Record
“a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“Struggle, purpose, accomplishment, and challenge are what truly brings meaning to existence.”
― Seeker
― Seeker
“Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
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