“To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.”
― The Doors of Perception
― The Doors of Perception
“[...] Technology has tended to devaluate the traditional vision-inducing materials. The illumination of a city, for example, was once a rare event, reserved for victories and national holidays, for the canonization of saints and the crowning of kings. Now it occurs nightly and celebrates the virtues of gin, cigarettes and toothpaste.”
― The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
― The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
“Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.”
― The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
― The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
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