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“And when I think my thinking rouses me to blame he who created me, And I gave peace to my children for they are in the bliss of the abyss
Which surpasses all the pleasures of the world,
And had they been born they would’ve endured misery”
― The Quatrains of Abu'l-Ala: Selected From His "Lozum-Ma-La-Yalzam" And "Sact-Uz-Zind" And Now First Translated Into English
Which surpasses all the pleasures of the world,
And had they been born they would’ve endured misery”
― The Quatrains of Abu'l-Ala: Selected From His "Lozum-Ma-La-Yalzam" And "Sact-Uz-Zind" And Now First Translated Into English
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
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“The full costs of consumption beyond market prices are hard to determine and hard to see, and they are typically underestimated. The benefits of consumption, by contrast, are immediate and tangible, and they are typically overestimated, thanks in part to an enormous and enormously sophisticated marketing apparatus. This asymmetry contributes to our overconsumption.”
― The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
― The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
“Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.”
― The Importance of Living
― The Importance of Living
“The mother instinct is something of which I am completely devoid. I explain it like this to myself: life is a vale of tears and all human beings are miserable creatures, so I cannot take the responsibility for bringing yet another unhappy creature into the world.”
― An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork
― An Interrupted Life: The Diaries, 1941-1943; and Letters from Westerbork
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