“What's needed on Earth is love of the dark side of ourselves”
― FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
― FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
“If you want to save the snow leopard, or the giant Redwoods, or the Okavango delta, or the Amazon, or the atmosphere, or the Earth, or those you love, or yourself, or the human race, this is the only path that can achieve that–so the truth is the sooner you support and adopt this path of transformation through understanding the better. The choice is self-destruction or self-discovery.”
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“Since science and religion provide two different perspectives on the human situation, they must ultimately be able to be reconciled.”
― Beyond the Human Condition
― Beyond the Human Condition
“While religious assurances such as 'God loves you' could comfort us, we ultimately had to understand why we are loveable”
― A Species in Denial
― A Species in Denial
“Throughout history we humans have struggled to find meaning in the awesome contradiction of our human condition. Neither philosophy, nor psychology nor biology has, until now, been able to provide the truthful explanation.”
― FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
― FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition
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